Mopani says Risinga View will have water soon
The much-anticipated water reticulation projects in 24 villages in Giyani appear to be moving along despite setbacks. The projects were originally scheduled to conclude in March.

A total of 37 contractors are currently working on the projects at various locations in Giyani, according to Odas Ngobeni, the spokesperson for Mopani District Municipality (MDM). Ngobeni claims that because contractors started work on different dates, their completion dates fluctuated. “The projects did not start at the same time; therefore, they will not finish at the same time. Some projects started in July last year while others started earlier in the year, and they all have a 12-month duration,” said Ngobeni when asked why there seemed to be a delay on some of the projects.
He said in Risinga View three contractors were 40%, 45%, and 83% completed. He added that other contractors, executing work at Ngove village, were 42% and 96% through. “I’m still waiting to see the report on the progress of the third contractor,” he said. Since Risinga View is under the jurisdiction of traditional chiefs, residents in the area did not have formal municipal water before the start of the project, hence many of them relied on illegal connections.
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Due to the high number of connections on one small pipe, these connections were not reliable, thus a formal water connection means a lot to them. However, what is even more comforting to residents of Giyani is that the Nandoni water pipeline has commenced work. This means that the supply of water to residents will depend on the ability of the water treatment plant in Giyani (WTW) which is currently being refurbished, to generate enough megalitres daily supply.
“The project of refurbishing the WTW to supply 30 megalitres a day was at 86% two weeks ago,” explained Ngobeni adding that with the work completed thus far, the plant has improved by 9 megalitres a day to 20 megalitres. “We also have plans to upgrade the WTW to 40 megalitres a day which will commence this year,” he added.