By Akani Nkuna
Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina has ascribed the current water crisis to mismanagement of water and the growing population,urging South Africans to use it sparingly.
Majodina was speaking in Parliament on Tuesday following the recent water challenges, which have seen the department implement water cuts in Johannesburg effective from Thursday.
“The supply of raw water is currently is in the balance, I want to assure South Africans that we have enough water. The balance with existing demand on a national scale, but there are localised deficits in the supply of water. Such as Gauteng, and some parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
“However, water availability in South Africa could deteriorate rapidly as supply contrasts and demand escalates due to economic growth, population growth, urbanisation, inefficient use including increasing physical losses in municipal distribution systems, degradation of wetlands and the impact of climate change as well as heatwaves,” she told
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