Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink

How can someone with the title “Minister of Water” not be actively involved in trying to find a solution to the water crisis threatening to bring the city of Johannesburg (and others) to a grinding halt?

Pemmy Majodina, our Minister of Water and Sanitation, recently announced she is “washing her hands” of South Africa’s water crisis.

(Luckily for her, she still has the water with which to do this – unlike millions of her fellow citizens).

As I write, residents in numerous parts of Joburg have been without water for over two weeks; many for far longer. Schools, businesses and clinics have had to close. It’s an unmitigated disaster caused by a catastrophic, multi-system failure.

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