Well, since my visit there, I can account for what I have seen on the ground and the briefing that I had and the workings of the treatment plants that I have seen. The bigger treatment plant that is there is now working because of the efforts of the SA National Defence Force to unblock it. It is working at a rate of more or else 55-60%. Remember this treatment plant is receiving the sewerage in the entire Emfuleni Local Municipality. Now, if they say it is working up to 60% and there are still blockages that mean the problem has not been resolved 100%. There are still some spillages along the way that cannot reach the treatment plant. So, that is the work that must be done urgently to try and replace the pump stations so that sewerage can reach the treatment plant. We must commend the intervention by the SA National Defence Force on the work that they have done. It has to a large extent, eased the burden from the community and from the people in and around the Emfuleni Local Municipality. Of course the intervention led by the Human Settlements and Water Sanitation, Co- operative Governance and Traditional Affairs and the province, I am confident standing here that it will yield good results. Going

forward, it is the municipality's responsibility to maintain whatever will be left behind. Thank you very much.

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