The Department of Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister Ms Dikeledi Magadzi has called on Ministers on the African continent to prioritise adequate and hygienic sanitation facilities for women, children, youth and people with disabilities.<\/p>\n
Deputy Minister Magadzi was speaking during a virtual Africa Water and Sanitation Week &amp; the 6th Africa Sanitation Conference jointly convened by the African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) and the African Union Commission on Thursday, 25 November 2021.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a woman, I would like to implore Ministries mandated to deliver adequate sanitation services on the African continent to accelerate and exceptionally improve the provision of dignified sanitation facilities, most particularly for disadvantaged groups and communities\u201d, Deputy Minister Magadzi said.<\/p>\n
She said that clean running water and good hygiene are significant to win the fight against illness and that the African continent should consider innovative technologies that use less water or no water at all.<\/p>\n
\u201cSouth Africa is a water scarce country and as such, I implore all of us to accelerate the uptake of alternative sanitation technologies that use less water or no water while also strengthening hygiene and user education,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Department of Water and Sanitation is working tirelessly to attain the sanitation focused 2030 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.2 through the process of developing the National Sanitation Integrated Plan which prioritises sanitation provision aligned to the 2030 National Development Plan (NDP).<\/p>\n
The provision of appropriate and adequate sanitation to all South Africans is a constitutional requirement which the Department has committed to in order to ensure citizens\u2019 rights to have an environment that is not harmful to their health and wellbeing is upheld.<\/p>\n
Deputy Minister Magadzi also reiterated the Department\u2019s commitment to achieve universal access to basic sanitation services to all by 2030 and to ensure that no one is left behind.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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