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Bosch Stemele assists with informal housing sanitation
north of Umgeni River
Bosch Stemele has installed 190 modified ablution blocks
to areas such as KwaMashu, Inanda and Amaoti as part of
eThekwini Waste and Sanitation’s (EWS) mandate to provide
ablution blocks to over 300 informal settlements across the
city. These facilities will supply 800 000 people with access
to running water and toilet facilities. The new infrastructure
wlll serve future formal housing developments replacing the
informal settlements.
The overall sanitation project commenced in January 2010 with
a budget of R600million for 2013/2014, with further budgets
for the 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 periods respectively.
Bosch Stemele was tasked to carry out the water and sewerage
system design for the informal areas north of the Umgeni. Each
ablution facility is erected for every 50 to 75 dwellings within
a settlement and the services were designed at an average of
20 sites a month.
Community development is at the heart of eThekwini’s
strategy on-site and all labour and other project requirements
are sourced from within the communities. Contractors, Icon
Construction, has employed approximately 700 people and
is mentoring four eThekwini Development contractors while
Bosch Stemele is also mentoring an eThekwini Development
consultant. Other positive spinoffs include job creation and inservice training for technical students.
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Flushing Toilets
Washing Facilities
Completed ablutions