As the South African Department of Water and Sanitation continues to harness its relationship with the neighbouring states through various Bilateral Agreements. Minister of Water and Sanitation Ms. Nomvula Mokonyane will this week meet with her counterpart, Botswana’s Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Mr Onkokame Kitso Mokaila furthering the programme on shared watercourses.
The two Ministers will meet for a joint commission on the cross border water supply project to benefit mainly the Middlepits cluster of villages in Botswana. The afore-mentioned project is already complete and neighbouring communities in the two countries started enjoying the fruits of this partnership in 2014. The upcoming commission is to celebrate and applaud the great bilateral relationship between the two member states.
The Minister of Water and Sanitation will be accompanied by officials from the the department’s Head office in Pretoria.
The celebratory event will be as follows:
Venue: Gakhibane Pump Station
Date: 25 April 2015
Time: 09h00
All media are invited.
For more information contact:
Sputnik Ratau
Cell: 082 874 2942
