GIYANI - Residents of Giyani will have piped water by December.
That's just the latest promises after nine long years of empty vows.
The Giyani Water Project was launched almost a decade ago but has not yet delivered water.
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Now, the water board says the project is 61 percent complete and will be done by December.
The budget has increased from just under R500-million to over R3-billion.
A further R1-billion is needed to complete the project.
* eNCA's Moloko Moloto reports.