South Africa’s taps are dry

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Water in the dams, but South Africa’s taps are dry: essential reads on a history of bad management. 

It’s become a common refrain in South Africa: there’s no drought, dams and reservoirs are full, but the taps are dry. The ongoing crisis has been decades in the making. South Africa is a water-scarce country, yet it has failed to take even basic measures to preserve water supplies.

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See also: Media Statement: The South African Human Rights Commission calls for the ongoing water crisis in the country to be declared a National Disaster

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