With the Churchill Dam expected to run dry in a few days, renewed efforts to plug the thousands of leaks driving Nelson Mandela Bay’s water crisis are under way. The city is in the midst of a severe water shortage worsened by leaks resulting in drinking water going down the drain every day.In Behind The Herald Headlines with Daron Mann this week, we speak to Luvuyo Bangazi, spokesperson for the multisectoral joint operations crisis committee that has been established under the leadership of the national department of water & sanitation.
The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber blames poor management for the water supply crisis in the metro and says the only solution now is urgent co-operative action.
With millions of litres of fresh, clean water going to waste through leaking pipes in Nelson Mandela Bay something the Minister of Water and Sanitation, Senzo Mchunu, calls ‘a sickness’ the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber has offered to help trace and repair thousands of leaks i.
With the Churchill Dam expected to run dry in just 16 days, renewed efforts to plug the thousands of leaks driving Nelson Mandela Bay’s water crisis are under way.
Taps in the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality could run dry in 20 days, but some communities have been faced with a lack of water for much longer, according to One South Africa Movement leader Mmusi Maimane.