Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Des van Rooyen announced an allocation of almost R75m to help the Western Cape provincial government tackle its drought disaster.Various municipalities in the Western Cape have instituted water use restrictions.The rains that have fallen since restrictions were imposed have not been sufficient to break the drought.Van Rooyen said his department and the interministerial task team on the drought intervention conducted an analysis that concluded continual risk-reduction measures should be introduced in provinces to mitigate the impact of water shortages."The national Department of Water and Sanitation is monitoring the levels of 43 dams in the Western Cape weekly, some of which are in the winter rainfall areas of the province while others lie in the transitional area between winter and summer rainfall areas," Van Rooyen said.He said one of the key problems in the Western Cape as a result of the drought was a considerable short...
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