South Africa: Gauteng water crisis in the spotlight at SAHRC inquiry. Auditor-General and civil society organisations made submissions on Tuesday.
Gauteng’s municipalities are under scrutiny at a South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) investigative inquiry into the province’s water crisis this week.
Opening the inquiry on Tuesday, Commissioner Henk Boshoff pointed to water billing failures as “a symptom of an uncaring municipality” and said that some municipalities were showing “zero respect for authority” by failing to implement court orders compelling them to supply water.
The three-day inquiry is being held at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg.
