Re:Cape Town could be the first city to run out of water
by wonderwonder on Thursday January 18, 2018 @08:33AM
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Does government corruption / incompetence come into play in making this situation worse than it should be?
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Re:Cape Town could be the first city to run out of water
by SideburnsOfDoom on Thursday January 18, 2018 @12:05PM
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> Does government corruption / incompetence come into play
Of course there is a political dimension.
The SA national government (ANC) is from a different party to the Cape Town local government (Democratic Alliance, the main opposition party).
So there is tension between local and national governments. They try to make each other look bad.
Hard to prove, it it does look like the National government is either just neglecting Cape Town or deliberately encouraging it to fail.
And they are corrupt, particularly the national government, yes.
https://www.biznews.com/undictated/2017/12/15/cape-town-wate...
https://www.biznews.com/thought-leaders/2016/12/05/sa-water-...
Re:Cape Town could be the first city to run out of water
by igitur on Thursday January 18, 2018 @05:13PM
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I'm not entirely convinced that it is due to malice. Keep in mind that the Department of Water and Sanitation has been declared bankrupt, so I think it's mostly incompetence.
http://ewn.co.za/2017/02/12/report-water-and-sanitation-depa...