The Eastern Cape has the second-highest percentage of households in the country a whopping 19.5% who have no access to piped water in their areas. And many of these households have to share their water source dams, rivers and streams in rural areas with animals.
Eastern Cape businessman Kholekile Waxa, 54, owner of Lisa Funeral Home in Corhana village outside Mthatha, was shot dead after being ambushed by armed gunmen at about 8pm on Tuesday.
The OR Tambo district municipality is doing everything in its power to provide clean, piped water and adequate sanitation, mayor Mesuli Ngqondwana says.
An investigation into a lucrative tender between the OR Tambo district municipality and waste management company Tulsaspark has indicated that the council racked up more than R15m in suspected irregular expenditure.