AfriForum says Water and Sanitation Department’s war on leaks fails miserably [SOUND]

# AfriForum has slammed the Water and Sanitation Department’s 4.7-billion-rand war on leaks as a failure. AfriForum’s Lambert de Klerk says the project, launched in 2015, only worsened the crisis. De Klerk claims it rose water losses from 35-percent to 47-percent. The Special Investigating Unit’s findings revealed widespread fraud, incomplete work, and mismanagement. He urges government to let capable communities manage water leak repairs and infrastructure upkeep directly: