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."