UMongameli uCyril Ramaphosa uyalele uPemmy Majodina, uVelenkosini Hlabisa namasekela abo ukuba bangayi kwiSONA eKapa ukuze bajongane nengxaki yamanzi kwiphondo laseGauteng.
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UMphathiswa wezaManzi noGutyulo uPemmy Majodina noMphathiswa weSebe leNtsebenziswano kuRhulumento neMicimbi yeMveli uVelenkosini Hlabisa abazukuya kwintetho yobume besizwe eKapa ngokuhlwanje.
Oku kuza emva kokuba uMongameli uCyril Ramaphosa eyalele bona namasekela abo ukuba bajongane nengxaki yamanzi eqhubekayo eGauteng.
Abahlali kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zaseGoli naseTshwane bajongene nokunqongophala kwamanzi, nto leyo eshiya uluntu oluninzi luneempompo ezomileyo. Oku kukhokelele ekubeni abanye abahlali baqhankqalaze ezitalatweni.
Ngexesha lendibano noonondaba ngoLwesithathu, uMajodina uthe iR400 billion iyafuneka ukulungisa iziseko zophuhliso lwamanzi koomasipala kulo lonke ilizwe.
UMajodina ebekunye noSekela Mphathiswa uDavid Mahlobo, iNkulumbuso yaseGoli uPanyaza Lesufi, noSodolophu waseGoli uDada Morero kule ndibano noonondaba.
UMajodina uthe kutshanje ebeye kwiAfrica Mining Indaba, apho aphakamise khona imiba yokusetyenziswa kwamanzi ziinkampani zemigodi.
"Ndivela kwiMining Indaba, apho ndiphakamise imiba yamanzi ndisithi iinkampani zemigodi zisebenzisa amanzi amaninzi.
"Basebenzisa amanzi amaninzi, kodwa xa beshiya loo ndawo abasebenza kuyo, ababuyisi manzi kunye nelayisenisi yethu, nto leyo ekhokelela koozamazama abasebenza ngokungekho mthethweni, abasebenzisa amanzi. Kwaye xa besebenzisa loo manzi, abahlawuli, kwaye benza uluntu lungabi namanzi," utshilo.
UMajodina uthe wenze isicelo kuzo zonke iinkampani zemigodi, ingakumbi eGauteng, ukuba zisebenzisane noomasipala.