NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 142
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 16 APRIL 2010
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 8)
142. Mrs E C van Lingen (DA-EC) to ask the Minister of Water and
Environmental Affairs:
(1) Whether the Mahlatsi and Mafarafara communities in the Greater
Tubatse Municipality have access to sufficient quantity of
potable water for the (a) communities and (b) livestock; if not,
why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) whether her department has formulated any plans to provide
immediate relief to these communities; if not, why not; if so,
(a) what plans and (b) what is the nature of the budget
allocated by her department to resolve the current situation?
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REPLY:
(1)(a) Yes, the Mahlatsi and Mafarafara communities in the
Greater Tubatse Municipality have access to sufficient quantity
of potable water. The relevant details are as follows:
⢠The Mahlatsi community is supplied water through a borehole
with a yield of 1.365 l/s and the scheme performance of 28.9
l/c/d. However, there is a challenge of the reticulation
system being directly connected to the raising main thereby
reducing the pressure which makes it difficult for the water
to reach the reservoir.
⢠The Mafarafara community is supplied water through two
boreholes with a combined yield of 2.74 l/s and the scheme
performance of 64.42 l/c/d. The water is pumped from the two
boreholes to the raising main, then transported to the
village reservoir and thereafter gravitates to the
reticulation system.
(1)(b) The responsibility for provision of water for livestock
falls within the ambit of the Department of Agriculture.
(2)(a) With regards to the Mafarafara community, there are no
plans in place as the area has no challenges with water supply.
With regards to the Mahlatsi community, my Department has
intervened by appointing a contractor to construct a supply line
from two boreholes to the reservoir as well a small extension of
reticulation to the part of the village which was not
reticulated.
(2)(b) My Department has funded the Mahlatsi project through its
operation and maintenance budget.
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