‘Send out the plumbers and the water bills!’ deputy minister tells leaky councils
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More than 20 years after the last major policy review, the government has invited the public to comment on its latest plans to overhaul South Africa’s largely dysfunctional water and sanitation sector – placing a fresh emphasis on a “modernised” regulatory…
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More than 20 years after the last major policy review, the government has invited the public to comment on its latest plans to overhaul South Africa’s largely dysfunctional water and sanitation sector – placing a fresh emphasis on a “modernised” regulatory…
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