The first intake of trainees of the recently launched War on Leaks Programme officially started their training programme on Monday. The War on Leaks Project was launched by President Jacob Zuma on 28 August 2015 during an event held at Dan Qeqe Stadium, in Port Elizabeth. The launch followed the announcement made by President Zuma during his State of the Nation Address in February this year, where he said that government would launch the programme, which is designed to train young people to curb water losses that are costing the country R7 billion a year.