South Africa has enough water to provide the residents within the winter months, but then it must be used sparingly. This is according to ANC government spokesman who also states that the water is sufficient to meet the needs during the coming dry months of the year. However, experts are much more concerned about the..
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ANC –regime states that water supply in SA is sufficient to meet all demands although sewage pollution and no maintenance of municipal structures wastes millions of liters of water
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Forget power cuts. What’s happening to our water supply is much more serious. After two decades of little or no maintenance of municipal sewerage plants, SA is vulnerable to medieval, water-borne diseases and something even more serious: thirst.
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Villages, towns and even a capital city are experiencing severe water shortages, caused by a combination of years of bad management and drought. Many Limpopo villages have no water at all. Kimberley has its water switched off every night. The army is trying to stop millions of litres of sewage from going into the Vaal..
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No more water at Gauteng state hospital – operations canceled and patients diverted
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The Bertha Gxowa Hospital in Germiston has had to cancel operations and divert patients because of a failure of water supply from the City of Ekurhuleni municipality, the Democratic Alliance in Gauteng said on Sunday.
“I visited the hospital last week on Friday after receiving reports that the hospital ran out of water the day before. It appears that the problem is due to a faulty water valve, and water tankers have been sent to fill the hospital’s reservoirs,” DA Gauteng MPL Jack Bloom said in a statement on Sunday.
The reservoirs could hold 140,000 litres of water, but the pumps could only work when it was half full and not enough water tankers were sent on Friday – each tanker held 18,000 litres.
“I am concerned by the slow response of the municipality which is putting great strain on the hospital as it tries to cope with a minimal amount of water,” he said.
The water supply problems needed to be resolved as soon as possible before, otherwise infection r
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Grahamstown’s thirst caused by inept officials and misrule from the ANC-regime
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In the sweltering early morning heat, the fresh springwater glistens as it trickles from a pipe at the side of the N2 highway near Makhanda, formerly known as Grahamstown. Cars whoosh by, and the sandy ground crunches underfoot as residents head for the water. Many come from the town centre, with their cars loaded up..
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Now taxpayers must suffer for maladministration and corrupted Govan Mbeki Municipality – Taps run dry in Bethal after municipality fails to pay R87.7m water bill
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The taps ran dry in Bethal, Mpumalanga, in December when Rand Water Board reduced water pressure by 40% for non-payment of an R87.7-million back-bill owed by the Govan Mbeki Municipality. More than half the town is reckoned to be without water. Residents are furious because they have paid their water bills, and want to know..
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