The Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) will host a seminar in Pretoria on Thursday, 30 October 2014, to launch a programme to tackle the country’s sanitation challenges through research, innovation and technology.
The South African Sanitation Technology Demonstration Programme (SASTEP) is a partnership between theDST and the BMGF to promote research into new generation, innovative, off-the-grid sanitation solutions that are affordable for poor users and sustainable.
The programme, to be implemented by the Water Research Commission, will see this sanitation technology demonstrated in several schools and some households in Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape.
SASTEP is expected to inform the sanitation policy of the Department of Water and Sanitation and develop sustainable human settlements with well-serviced public and domestic facilities, saving water and protecting the environment against pollution.
Details of the event:
Date: Tomorrow,30 October 2014
Venue: Farm Inn, Silverlakes Rd, Pretoria East
Time: 09:00 – 13:30
For media enquiries, contact
David Mandaha at 072 126 8910
or
Veronica Mohapeloa at 082 882 3818
