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Minister Senzo Mchunu of Water and Sanitation together with his two deputies, David Mahlobo and Dikeledi Magadzi, yesterday visited several waste water treatment plants in the Emfuleni Local Municipality in Vaal with the aim of finding a permanent solution to the sewage spillage into the Vaal River. They were accompanied by Gauteng Premier David Makhura, COGTA MEC Lebogang Maile, Executive Mayor of Sedibeng District Municipality Lerato Maloka, and Emfuleni Mayor, Gift Moerane. Speaking at a subsequent media briefing and a public participation with various stakeholders and NGOs, Minister Mchunu said the government had a political will to finding a permanent solution to the spillage. The DWS had invested a sum of R100 million towards the Phase One of the Sebokeng Bulk Waste Water Treatment Project. Premier Makhura said the Gauteng Provincial Government had invested R200 million towards the project.

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