Manufacturing Magazine February 2015 | Page 47

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infrastructure as there is a huge demand for water and sanitation in South Africa and the whole continent ,” Grace added . “ It has come from going into the hoses business where we have had around 30-40 percent growth from 2010 to now .
“ Because there has been such a big move from rural to urbanisation there is a massive demand for this and a huge backlog that needs to be tackled . The older systems are not designed to deal with the numbers of people now living in the built up areas .”
Asset base Water Africa manufactures its hoses in Johannesburg , while also participating in joint

40 %

Business growth since 2010 after going into the hoses business .

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