A government that can’t provide drinkable water is no government at all
6 February 2020
Note to Editors: The following remarks were delivered today by the Leader of the Democratic Alliance, John Steenhuisen MP, during the "Real State of the Nation Tour" in Mpumalanga. Steenhuisen was joined by DA Mpumalanga Provincial Leader, Jane Sithole MPL.
Please find an attached soundbite, by John Steenhuisen MP.
My fellow South Africans
Of all the responsibilities that a government has towards its citizens, the most fundamental are those listed upfront in our Constitution, in the Bill of Rights. And arguably the most important of these is the right to sufficient and clean water.