The Capricorn District municipality in Polokwane has budgeted R30-million to install ventilated pit latrines in its villages in an attempt to curb the cholera outbreak.
"We made a commitment to restore your dignity by constructing the toilets to avert the recurrence of preventable diseases like cholera," executive mayor Motalane Monakedi told residents of Mohodi village on Monday.
He was handing over some of the 6 000 ventilated-improved pit toilets the municipality plans to install this year.
The toilets, which are aimed at addressing the backlog of sanitation services in the area, were built in such a way that they ventilate the odour and ward off swarms of flies that transmit bacteria.
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The move comes almost a year after a cholera outbreak plagued the village situated about 50km from Polokwane.
Among those killed during the December outbreak was a seven-year-old boy whose family said they would no longer live in fear of the bacteria. - Sapa
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