Editing Water supply and sanitation in South Africa (section)

===Free Basic Water Policy===
Durban was the first South African city to introduce a policy of free basic water in 1998.<ref name="Galvin">{{cite web|last=Mary Galvin|title=Evolving Rights: South Africa's Free Basic Water policy|url=https://www.blueplanetproject.net/index.php/evolving-rights-south-africas-free-basic-water-policy/|access-date=26 February 2014|date=6 June 2012}}</ref> After [[Thabo Mbeki]] became President of South Africa in 1999 and a cholera outbreak occurred in 2000, the [[African National Congress]] promised free basic water during a municipal election campaign in December 2000. In July 2001 free basic water became a national policy through a revised tariff structure that included at least 6 "kilolitres" (cubic meters) of free water per month (40-litre per capita per day for a family of five or 25-litre per capita per day for a family of eight). The policy was being implemented gradually within the means of each municipality.