In Swaziland, communities of Ezulwini Valley in north west Eswatini, will soon benefit from a water supply and sanitation project funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB), ending challenges to potable water supply. The AfDB said in a statement that the construction of the Ezulwini Valley sewer system and water supply commenced in June 2014 and is scheduled for completion in December 2020. The project is well underway, with 58 kilometres of sewer infrastructure connected to 761 sewer connections in 431 private plots completed and already in use. Addressing nine Executive Directors of the AfDB during a consultative mission to the Kingdom of Eswatini in January 2019, Marble Mdzebele, overseer of a public water closet facility in her region said: “This facility has given us relief! These bottlenecks have now been resolved through monitoring of contractors’ activities, splitting the water project into two to minimise risk to the land, and successful negotiations on land access and usage, securing and safeguarding the viability of the project.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 06, 2019 07:18 UTC