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Gert Sibande Water Quality Testing Laboratory Improving water quality for citizens of the district.
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he Gert Sibande Water Quality Testing Laboratory is the only SANASaccredited, government-owned facility in the Mpumalanga Province. It is situated on the N17 corridor in Ermelo, bounded by Ekurhuleni Metro of the Gauteng Province to the west, Sedibeng District Municipality of the Northern Free State to the south-west, Ehlanzeni District Municipality of Mpumalanga Province to the northeast, N k angala Distric t Municipalit y to the north (Mpumalanga Province), Amajuba District Municipality to the south-east of KZN and Swaziland to the east and, therefore, easily accessible.
The facility is evidence of Gert Sibande District Municipality’s vision to be “A community-driven district of excellence and development” and is in line with the National Development Plan (NDP)’s vision 2030 which is: “To ensure that all South Africans have access to clean running water in their homes.” The centrality and the strategic location of this facility ensures easy accessibility by all stakeholders. Informed by the need to improve water quality in the district, the laboratory was established in 2011 to guarantee safe drinking water provided to millions of citizens within the district according to section 9 (1) of the Water Services Act No. 108 of 1997.
GSDM laboratory staff at the GSDM Water Quality Testing Laboratory led by Ms Victoria Tshabalala (centre). SOUTH AFRICAN BUSINESS 2021 SOUTH AFRICAN BUSINESS 2021
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