{"id":46982,"date":"2023-07-06T13:46:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T11:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/government-to-invest-r6-billion-20230704\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T00:41:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:41:34","slug":"government-to-invest-r6-billion-20230704","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/government-to-invest-r6-billion-20230704\/","title":{"rendered":"Government to invest R6 billion  to district municipalities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Water and Sanitation minister, Senzo Mchunu, says his department will allocate R6 billion to district municipalities in the Eastern Cape to ensure that they fulfil their mandate as water services authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over R2 billion of that will be shared between the OR Tambo and Alfred Nzo district municipalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mchunu says the money will be made available to the district municipalities during the current 2023\/2024 municipal financial year, which began on Saturday, July 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement was made during the Premier\u2019s Inter-Governmental Forum, hosted by Eastern Cape premier, Oscar Mabuyane, at Dan\u2019s Lodge outside Mthatha, on Tuesday,&nbsp; June 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cContrary to the narrative that government is not investing in water and sanitation infrastructure, this financial year municipalities will see the department investing over R6 billion through various grants to Eastern Cape district municipalities as water services authority,\u201d said Mchunu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Custom\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_f6980c9d\">\n<div class=\"custom\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"250\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FKgosientshoRamokgopa%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0vQpHbzUQwZsDsdDUGaHMEPGWdBmPE1kpDakDwSBATSkS27PEUgpbDYXrg3c9CQG3l&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden;\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He further cautioned district municipalities who are under-performing in ensuring citizens have access to clean drinking water that they face the danger of being stripped of their water provision status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are going to separate water service authority from water service provision. 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