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Free State challenged to eradicate bucket system─── KEKELETSO MOSEBETSI 07:32 Tue, 29 Mar 2022
Embattled municipalities in the Free State have come under scrutiny during a sitting of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP).
According to the chairperson of the NCOP, Itumeleng Ntsube, the bucket system remains a major concern in the Mangaung Metro and Masilonyana Municipalities.
Ntsube said that the issue of pit latrines should have been dealt with a long time ago as it has a major impact on the health of community members. He further said that his grandmother - who resides in Botshabelo - still uses a pit latrine, adding the buckets don't get serviced in time and this has various negative consequences.
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Bloemfontein Courant previously reported the state of bucket system toilets is extremely bad, the smell coming from those pit toilets is awful, and this poses a huge health threat for community members. One of the residents said that the metro has been promising them flushing toilets for years, without any success.
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