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Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe will deliver President Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech at the Freedom Day national celebrations at the AJ Swanepoel Stadium in Ermelo, Mpumalanga today.
The day will be celebrated under the theme – United in Resilience for The Defence of Our Freedom and Democracy.
Freedom Day is a day South Africa celebrates its first post-apartheid election.
Water challenges
Meanwhile, Mayor of the Gert Sibande District Municipality in Ermelo, Walter Mngomezulu, says that they are determined to resolve the water challenges in the area.
Residents of the area have raised concerns about a lack of basic services, especially water and sanitation.
Mngomezulu says boreholes have been drilled in the area in an effort to minimize water constraints.
“We once had a challenge with water provisioning because you’ll recall that once we were in day zero in terms of our dams because they were dry because of the climate change (issues) we were surrounded by the coal mining industries, which added a factor to our water. However, we have drilled quite a number of boreholes.”
