Over seven hundred and six million has been allocated to address sanitation backlog within the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, the Executive Mayor, Councillor Louis Diremelo reported at the North West Provincial Basic Services Acceleration Summit that commenced in Rustenburg on Thursday.

According to Diremelo’s report presented on the first day of the two- day summit, 

5485 households in Moretele Local Municipality are beneficiaries of theR255 million sanitation projects that are under construction in eleven wards.Six thousand VIP’s and 4000 waterborne toilets project is to be rolled out in Klipgat in Madibeng Local Municipality. The intervention includes the rehabilitation of 4 waste treatment works funded through the Municipal Infrastructure Grant. Two hundred and forty-four million rand has been allocated for the project.

Other projects to address the sanitation backlog are underway in Moses Kotane, Kgetleng Rivier and Rustenburg Local Municipalities.