Free State water shortages: ANC the real root of the problem
4 November 2019
The request for aid that the Free State Premier, Sisi Ntombela, addressed to Gift of the Givers shows that the ANC does not really comprehend the extent of the water crisis in the province.
The FF Plus welcomes any attempts to obtain aid for the drought-stricken Free State, but is convinced that the ANC itself is actually the main cause of the current water crisis.
It seems that water losses, caused by poor upkeep and leakages that are not repaired, are the greatest contributing factor to the water shortage in the Free State.
According to the former Minister of Water and Sanitation, Gugile Nkwinti, the Mangaung Metro Municipality lost more than 13 billion litres of water due to preventable water losses during the 2017/18 financial year alone. Calculated differently, the Municipality lost more than 36 million litres of water per day.