Deputy Speaker, the ANC has welcomed the partnership between Nedbank and the Local Council of Kuruman in the Northern Cape. The partnership has resulted in the donation of 600 Hippo water rollers, drums able to carry a thirst-quenching 5 million litres of clean and drinkable water, to Magojaneng outside Kuruman in the Northern Cape.
With this device, women and children will no longer have to travel long distances to fetch water and struggle to carry this valuable resource. The water roller device can easily be pushed along the ground and across different types of terrain, thereby reducing the injuries sustained by women and children who previously had to carry buckets of water on their heads.
The ANC government will consolidate partnerships across society to strengthen social cohesion and ensure that our nation achieves the values of a caring society. This contribution by Nedbank will improve people's lives while ensuring access to clean water. Similar donations have been made in the Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga. The ANC encourages such partnerships in the hope that they will continue and also reach other provinces in similar situations. [Applause.]