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Anglo American Platinum’s water project means people like Joseph Malesela Lelaka don’t have to buy water from people who have boreholes
PHOTO: TEBOGO LETSIE

In the water-scarce area, this project has been Eric Langa can now easily water his Cattle farmer, Elias Langa, now has access to
a lifeline for the villagers PHOTO: TEBOGO LETSIE crops PHOTO: THEMBA MAKOFANE water for his herd PHOTO: THEMBA MAKOFANE

It took more than a year for the infrastructure Community leader Tlou Kgaphola explains Sarah Maifala doesn’t have to travel far from
to be built PHOTO: THEMBA MAKOFANE the water project PHOTO: TEBOGO LETSIE home for water any more PHOTO: TEBOGO LETSIE
Hall Core Water Mapela, in which the After being successfully piloted at Schiming increased water pressure and bulk supply capacity
communities hold a 30% stake via a trust, was village, it now delivers 3.5 million litres a day to that will come with the installation of taps in
tasked with increasing the water supply capacity the communities, 42 villages that are home to every household in our villages.”
through drilling and then equipping and 100 000 people, around Mogalakwena mine. Meanwhile, the people in these communities
maintaining boreholes for 10 years. It is driving Kgaphola says they plan to extend the project. can irrigate their crops and supply water for their
the implementation and maintenance of the “Rome was not built in one day, and we’re cattle and goats, which means their income can
project, while, Anglo American Platinum paid for hopeful the mining company will continue to be used to uplift their families instead of being
the potable water supplied to the community. help us and ease our lives. The plan is to have spent on a resource that is a human right.
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