Water Commission says current drought was expected

The Water Research Commission said the current drought was expected. The commission is hosting a series of information-sharing sessions about the drought that has stricken the country

Experts say it’s unclear when the drought will end and behaviours need to be changed to preserve water.

Agriculture MEC Alan Winde said, “Initially our costing for the province, just in agriculture, we are looking at about R60 million so it’s just under R10 million a month. I don’t think we will be able to fund half of that.”

At the same time, Environmental Affairs MEC Anton Bredell says they'll also have to get tough on water wastage.


Mon 30 Nov 2015 at 10:20