How 42 villages got water on tap in water scarce Mokopane

As South Africa celebrates a generation of freedom, Anglo American acknowledges its deep roots in the country and looks ahead to its contribution in the next 25 years and beyond.

The reservoir was a response by Anglo American Platinum to a request from the community for assistance to deal with an acute water shortage in the Greater Mapela Area, just outside Mokopane in Limpopo.Boreholes were drilled and infrastructure was built, and water is now pumped up to the reservoir before being directed into a network of pipes and on to different parts of the villages, including Ga-Lelaka, Ga-Chokwe and Ga-Matlou.

The roll-out to all villages was completed earlier this month, and work continues to expand the network to ensure households will ultimately be no further than 200 metres from a tap. Anglo American Platinum’s water project means people like Joseph Malesela Lelaka don’t have to buy water from people who have boreholes. Picture: Tebogo Letsie“There were local businesspeople who were not happy that they were not awarded contracts in the project and they attempted to disrupt it. We came together and asked them to put the community first and went to the extent of guarding workers on site just to ensure that there were no disruptions,” he says.

Anglo American Platinum worked together with the Mapela Task Team, a community stakeholder, to get the water project online. The project was endorsed by the Mogalakwena Local Municipality and became known as Hall Core Water Mapela. A headman in Ga-Lelaka village, Joseph Lelaka, remembers how life was before the Anglo American water project.“We used to go three to four weeks without water and, when the mining company came to our rescue, we all stood up to defend the project – even against those who put business interests before the community’s.

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