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Durban embarks on cholera-free water scheme
SAPA
2001-02-16

Durban Unicity Mayor Obed Mlaba has moved swiftly to tackle the cholera outbreak in the metropolitan area with a multi-million rand project to take clean water and proper sanitation to informal settlements and rural areas.

Durban Unicity Mayor Obed Mlaba has moved swiftly to tackle the cholera outbreak in the metropolitan area with a multi-million rand project to take clean water and proper sanitation to informal settlements and rural areas.  

Mlaba is working on a scheme to save the unicity's rivers from cholera infection after the Isipingo River had tested positive. Mlaba said the money for the fresh water supply was made available at the end of January, and residents were already enjoying the benefits.  Mlaba said: We are working fast. The money has already been allocated for water tankers to take supplies to informal settlements and rural areas.  He said some streams in the far western side of the unicity were also found to have cholera.  Mlaba said a plan for proper sanitation was being undertaken by the department of Solid Waste and Water.  The national government was keen to make money available and the health department was also working on a project with the World Health Organisation.  Cholera has already been recorded in the lower Umfolozi districts, at Ulundi, Eshowe, Nkandla, Ladysmith, KwaDukuza, Jozini, Port Shepstone, Newcastle/Nqutu and Pietermaritzburg areas.  
(Source: SAPA, 8 February 2001)

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