MBABANE:Musawenkhosi Mwelase,the Acting Director in the Department of Water Affairs within the Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy, has announced a looming Government decision to ban all emaSwati from owning boreholes within their homes.
This comes a few months after King Mswati’s Government through Parliament, increased water tariffs in a country where about 70% of the population lives below the poverty line.
Mwelase was speaking during a stakeholder engagement meeting this week, Jabulile Mashwama, the King’s mother-in-law is the Managing Director of the Eswatini Water Services Corporation.
The banning of the boreholes within emaSwati’s homes would mean all citizens will be forced to use the expensive water supplied by the Water Services Corporation managed by the King’s mother-in-law.
Water Services Managing Director Jabulile Mashwama(pic: supplied).