82% of the South African population have access to free basic water services. This is expected to increase to 95% in 2010/11 and to 100% by 2011/12. (National Budget 2009)
This week’s theme: Health in South Africa
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Looking at the world – the UN Millennium Development Goals, “a series of time-bound and measurable goals and targets, confirms the political commitment of UN Member States to halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation.”
“In 2009, 884 million people
worldwide still rely on unimproved water sources for their drinking,
cooking, bathing and other domestic activities…”
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/MDG_Report_2009_ENG.pdf
It feels like a long way to go…
Haha, shouldn’t you be chgriang for that kind of knowledge?!