{"id":59617,"date":"2014-05-09T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/59617\/new-flushing-toilets-for-residents\/"},"modified":"2014-05-09T09:51:57","modified_gmt":"2014-05-09T07:51:57","slug":"new-flushing-toilets-for-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/05\/09\/new-flushing-toilets-for-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"New flushing toilets for residents"},"content":{"rendered":"

The stench from the septic tank toilet system which residents of Zonkizizwe had to endure, especially during summer season, is now a thing of the past.<\/p>\n

This follows an injection of more than R17-million for the construction of 912 brick and mortar toilet structures.<\/p>

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Ekurhuleni executive mayor Clr Mondli Gungubele celebrated with the residents, last Monday, when he officially launched the waterborne toilet structure in the area.<\/p>\n

This toilet system brings to an end a number of challenges, including the fact that some septic tank toilets did not have washbasins, thereby compromising the health of the community members.<\/p>

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It must be noted that the water and sewer services were installed in Zonkizizwe a long time ago by the then Transvaal Provincial Government, but excluded the provision of waterborne toilets.<\/p>\n

As a result, corrugated toilets with septic tanks were erected.<\/p>\n

On some stands no toilets were provided at all, and owners constructed pit latrines.<\/p>\n

The launch of this project means that the metro is responding to the national and international sanitation drive informed by the United Nations General Assembly, in a resolution adopted last year, in December.<\/p>\n

The resolution called on member states to redouble the efforts to close the sanitation gap.<\/p>\n

It is further an important stride towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals on sanitation.<\/p>\n

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