Without institutional rebuilding water security will remain a pipe dream
In the past decade, there has been a loss of competence and continuity in the affairs of this precious resource
05 July 2019 - 05:08
Water provides useful reflections of what is going on in the wider world. So those pictures of Johannesburg residents filling baths ahead of Rand Water’s threatened three-day shutdown of supply reflected a lack of trust in a venerable public institution.
At the same time, the National Planning Commission was holding a consultative meeting in the Union Buildings to discuss a 129-page document on the concept of “water security” and why it should be the basis for a new water policy...
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