ANN CROTTY: A grim thought (no, not Zuma)
Water is like air — there is just no substitute for it
The frightening prospect for us here in Cape Town is that Jacob Zuma may soon not be the most terrifying aspect of our daily lives. He might soon be just a peripheral worry. This won’t be because those few ANC members who get to decide on SA’s future next month sweep Zuma and all who belong to him out of power. It will be because, quite soon, we’ll be fixating on little more than where to get the next drop of water.It’s remarkable that despite SA being so desperately and unavoidably dependent on water, our politicians seem not to have planned for the severe water shortages currently facing us. Or, not planned in any systemic way. And it’s not that the problem hasn’t been on the cards for an awfully long time. Why do we always have to actually go through a crisis to learn how to avoid it? If this sounds like part of the blame game, it is. Citizens of modest to reasonable means can, at a push, compensate for other areas of government weakness such as education, health and security. Bu...
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