Sexwale unveils sanitation task team
6 Sep 2011
Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale has today unveiled a task team to be headed by Ms Winnie Madikizela-Mandela to advise on the issue of unclosed and or incomplete toilets in the country.
Media exposé of this inhumane practice in Makhaza, Moqhaka and Moutse before and during the local government elections this year made it clear to the department that the magnitude of the problem might be unknown, since the sanitation function has recently been transferred to the Department of Human Settlements from Water Affairs.
Minister Sexwale says the department is honored that Ms Winnie Madikizela Mandela, at this time in her life has accepted to provide a helping hand for a constituency which has always been close to her heart - the poorest of the poor.
He added: "These incomplete or unclosed toilets strip our people of their dignity and they are unhealthy. The team is tasked with identifying and locating such structures in-order to have them fixed. This sordid chapter must be brought to an end."