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Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu has lifted the Section 63 intervention in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality (NMBM).
The minister announced the closure of the special intervention during a meeting with the NMBM Council.
Mchunu visited the province this week to receive updates and progress reports on water intervention projects in the region.
The metro was placed under the Section 63 intervention early last year to avert Day Zero after facing a high risk of running out of water due to the ongoing drought.
The intervention allowed the Minister to intervene at a municipal level and take full control of the service delivery programme in instances where Municipalities fail to provide water services as a basic human right.
Announcing the withdrawal of the intervention programme and exit of the department from the metro, Mchunu said he was satisfied with the progress made in the interventions in the metro to avert Day Zero through various short-, medium- and long-term projects to expand water supply.
The current water restrictions imposed on the metro when dams started drying up will remain as Gazetted.
The latest dam levels issued by the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro:
