Cape Town’s water resilience task team says it was not informed of today’s briefing
Tuesday’s briefing, at which Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille said "day zero" had been moved forward, was not informed by the council water resilience task team‚ its chairman Craig Kesson said. Kesson‚ who is also executive director in De Lille’s office‚ is at loggerheads with the mayor after he signed an affidavit implicating her in an alleged cover-up of corruption and maladministration. In a bid to prevent taps running dry‚ the city appointed a task team chaired by Kesson in his capacity as council chief resilience officer. The team‚ which consists of water experts‚ was tasked to come up with strategies to deal with water shortages caused by the drought. Since its establishment‚ Kesson has been a key figure in media updates on the water crisis and has not missed a single briefing. His absence was notable on Tuesday‚ leading to reporters asking De Lille about his whereabouts. "I don’t know‚ he has not made an apology for this meeting. I don’t know whether he is back at work alrea...
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