Residents to start benefiting from Giyani Bulk Water Project

GIYANI - Limpopo -- like other provinces in the country -- has had to deal with years of water scarcity.

Now, after nearly a decade of work, the Giyani Bulk water project is a step closer to quenching residents' thirst.

Water is finally flowing from the Nandoni pipeline into a canal just outside Giyani.

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The Water and Sanitation Department says over a million people will now have access to clean water.

"The project has been running for some years now, there were issues which were well-documented in terms of corruption," said the department's Risimati Mathye.

"The department put funding to accelerate the project towards completion."