National Treasury provides R608m to Northern Cape for sewer infrastructure

National Treasury provided R608m to Sol Plaatje municipality in the Northern Cape for sewer infrastructure. The municipality is addressing critical sanitation challenges, including wastewater treatment works operating beyond capacity and repeated pipeline breakdowns. This infrastructure failure has led to frequent sewage spillages into environmentally sensitive areas, such as Kamfers Dam. The municipality submitted a R2.8bn business plan to National Treasury for upgrading its sewer infrastructure.

The funding is intended to address sanitation challenges that currently constrain human settlement development and economic expansion in the Northern Cape. The comprehensive plan includes constructing a new 40 ML wastewater treatment plant, which is expected to meet the municipality’s sewage treatment needs for the next 30 years.

The Sol Plaatje municipality operates water treatment plants in Riverton, Northern Cape, with infrastructure projects funded by the National Treasury.