The Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation, Honourable Ms Lindiwe Sisulu will take ownership of the Training Yard on Non-Revenue Water Management built by the Government of Japan from His Excellency, Mr. Maruyama Norio, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Republic of South Africa. This event will happen on Monday, 22 March 2021, World Water Day, which will be the last day of South Africa’s National Water Week commemoration.
The Japanese Government, through the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA), funded the construction of the training facility at the Roodeplaat training Centre of the DWS. The Training Yard covers the basics of training artisans to deal with water losses in communities. The designs of the training yard were conducted by the DWS engineers with technical support from JICA.
A South African company was contracted by JICA to construct the Training Yard. DWS Engineers will handle all the activities including the maintenance of the Training Yard to ensure sustainability of the programme. The Training Yard is completed and ready to be handed over to the South African Government by the Japanese Government.
The media is invited as follows:
Date: 22 March 2021
Venue: Roodeplaat, Training Centre, Pretoria (five minutes off Moloto Road)
Time: 09h00
For media RVPS contact Ms Lebogang Maseko on 083 661 7859/ MasekoL2@dwsgov.za or Mr Themba Khumalo on 082 802 3432/ KhumaloT@dws.gov.za
For more information, contact Sputnik Ratau, Spokesperson for the Department of Water and Sanitation on 082 874 2942.
