Human settlements, water and sanitation minister Lindiwe Sisulu has called on South Africans to use water sparingly to avoid the country sliding into a drought crisis.

Briefing the media in Johannesburg on Monday, with Rand Water CEO Sipho Mosai, Sisulu said water scarcity would have a negative impact on the country’s social and economic development...

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