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R40m bid to turn the tide on Coffee Bay's water crisis

Two-year regional scheme will connect dozens of Wild Coast villages to clean water

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The OR Tambo District Municipality has committed R40m towards expanding the water supply network in Coffee Bay, a premier Wild Coast tourist haven that has grappled with chronic water outages for years. The multi-million-rand project aims to bring reliable, clean running water to dozens of surrounding villages where many residents have been left with no choice but to share contaminated river water with livestock.

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