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Beitbridge Municipality To Sell Water To South Africa

2 months agoMon, 13 Jan 2025 09:27:15 GMT
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Beitbridge Municipality To Sell Water To South Africa

South African border officials have requested emergency water supplies from the Beitbridge Municipality after their water pumps were washed away by the swollen Limpopo River on three separate occasions.

During a water crisis meeting held last Thursday, Beitbridge Town Clerk Loud Ramakgapola told stakeholders that the council is exploring alternative revenue streams, as it is currently owed approximately US$80 million. Said Ramakgapola:

Two officials from the South African border were in my office this week [last week] requesting that we restart supplying them with water. There is an existing pipeline we can bring back to life to supply. We badly need the revenue.

He explained that, a few years ago, Beitbridge supplied water to the South African border post, a profitable arrangement that was discontinued once the border post became self-sufficient. Added Ramakgapola:

But they lost three pumps washed away by the Limpopo (river) and their situation is desperate and we can bail them out as well as make some revenue for us.

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The meeting held by the Beitbridge Municipality last Thursday sought ways to convince residents to settle bills amounting to around 43% of the US$80 million owed.

Residents, who face erratic water supplies for at least three days each week, are reluctant to settle bills that constitute approximately 43% of the US$80 million owed to the local authority.

According to NewsDay, a 20-litre container of water is sold for R2, while R100 can buy a household 1,000 litres of what has become a precious commodity in Beitbridge.

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16 Comments

skye · 2 months ago
hoo maitengesa mvura tichiita yeku dhaya kuzvi bhorani nhai
Xx · 2 months ago
They are our brothers help them with water pliz, musanzwe zve icho chekuti musapinze ma Zimbo muzvikoro zvavo
korruptPRIEST 🇿🇼 · 2 months ago
Eeh hatichsizive yepaTape, ko ikutengeswa ichibvep
G40 · 2 months ago
Wapei mvura yamukungotora muna lipopo mahara mutore mari
ZBC · 2 months ago
Ramakgapola is he a Zimbabwean?
Patz · 2 months ago
He is a Zimbabwean Venda. Before colonialists established Limpopo River as a boundary between Zimbabwe and South Africa the Venda people were on either side of the Limpopo. They are on either side today but the difference is that some are South Africans and some are Zimbabweans unlike in the past before colonial borders when they were just a single community
really · 2 months ago
the question is: how much of this will go into the pockets of Loud Ramakgapola and other hangers-on?
𝕮𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖎𝖉 𝕿𝖆𝖑𝖐 · 2 months ago
The authority that is in charge of water affairs in the country is ZINWA, hands off the Beitbridge town clerk.
Patz · 2 months ago
Local authorities raw water from Zinwa and once it is in the water purification plant in becomes water for the local authority who purifies it and sell to residents and in case of Beitbridge can even sell it to foreigners. If you buy a car it does not remain the car of a dealer from whom you bought it
Patz · 2 months ago
Beitbridge Council buy raw water from Zinwa and purify it for sale. If you buy something it becomes yours and not the seller's
Patz · 2 months ago
@ Candid Talk Loud is talking of purified water not raw water. ZINWA has statutory authority over raw water and local authorities buy and treat it to become edible water for sale. If you buy something it becomes yours. Thus Beitbridge may sell treated water to S.A
ED pfocho · 2 months ago
Kkkk Zanu yenyu iyi manyama sure
Zvins Nation · 2 months ago
Municipality ngaishandise $80 million iyoyo ku driller ma borehole kuGweru Mukoba 1🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
𝕮𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖎𝖉 𝕿𝖆𝖑𝖐 · 2 months ago
Wow, quite interesting, however it's not a good idea for an ever-growing semi-arid Beitbridge town. Beitbridge has a perennial water problem that the govt cannot deny. Selling the little drops to South Africa is just a disservice to her residents. I know it's a Zinwa thing orchestrated by the embattled Mnangagwa regime. Beitbridge cannot afford selling their little water to South Africa fully knowing that Beitbridge lies in a drought prone semi arid region.
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@Ton · 2 months ago
zve**** izvi medu munyika vanhu vakunwa mvura dzemaSewage ivo vari busy kuisa mari mihombodo dzavo...this is just insane saka nyika inobudirira sei isu tiine navhu vari selfish kudai

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