Over the past two weeks, Coca-Cola Peninsula Beverages (CCPB) has been part of a humanitarian operation to bring relief to drought-stricken communities in parts of the Northern Cape.
Currently, the province is one of the worst hit by an ongoing drought that has led to the death of thousands of head of livestock – the primary source of income in the area.
With the smallest population in the country at 1.2 million, the Northern Cape relies largely on groundwater. According to data from the Department of Water and Sanitation, approximately 72% of the province’s towns rely on groundwater, 26% on surface water and 2% on a mixture of both.