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Not a drop to drink: Ndenzeni Njwenene, 82, fetches water for from a river near Mthatha. Despite millions being spent on a project in the ward, seven years later taps are still dry. Many municipalities in the Eastern Cape fail to provide potable water. Photo: Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images
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Myriad causes of SA’s water crisis

Ageing and a failure to maintain infrastructure are among the reasons so many people do not have clean water

  • Ozayr Patel
4 min read