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Media Alert: SAHRC to conduct a joint inspection with the City of Tshwane and the Department of water & Sanitation in a bid to resolve drinking water quality issues in Hamaanskraal

20 June 2019

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South Africa Human Rights Commission (Gauteng Provincial Office), will attend a sampling session with the City of Tshwane and the Department of Water & Sanitation in Hammanskraal on Thursday, 20 June 2019, in a bid to resolve the drinking water quality issues in the area.

The purpose of the visit is to ascertain whether monitoring points in Hammanskraal meet drinking water quality standards and to gauge progress made by the City of Tshwane in implementing remedial action plans at Temba Water Treatment Plant aimed at ensuring that the water produced at the plant is safe and potable for human consumption.

Details of the inspection in loco are as follows:

Date: 20 June 2019

Venue: Temba Wastewater Treatment Works, Hammanskraal

Time: 10:00

For further information contact the Gauteng Provincial Office of the South African Human Rights Commission: Buang Jones, Provincial Manager, T: 011 877 3752 / C: 078 617 0476; E: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Zamakhize Mkhize: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; 011 877 3764 / 061 814 7143

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