Dry tap angers protesters outside Helen Zille’s official residence
A small group of Capetonians took up the premier’s offer of purified spring water but left empty handed when the tap produced only a small amount of yellow water
Protesters descended on the official home of Western Cape premier Helen Zille on Monday to collect spring water she had offered to share, but left with empty buckets."Where is the water?" they chanted as a few droplets fell from a tap they switched on outside the premier’s residence Leeuwenhof.The protest was advertised under the banner of the Water Crisis Coalition‚ comprising local organisations that blame the city‚ province and national government for the water crisis in Cape Town.Zille told the provincial legislature in September 2017 that she would welcome Capetonians who wanted to collect water at Leeuwenhof provided it was feasible and purified. She extended the offer after news that more than R90‚000 had been spent installing a water purifier to treat spring water at Leeuwenhof.A small group of residents arrived to take up that offer on Monday but left empty handed when the slow running tap produced a small amount of yellow water.Water Crisis Coalition member Shaheed Mohamme...
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