Opposition MPs warn of a water crisis!

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Opposition MPs warned of a crisis in the state of South Africa’s water affairs,pinning the blame for it on mismanagement.

Your department has let South Africa down,and seriously so,” Democratic Alliance MP Annette Lovemore told Water Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica.

Lovemore,speaking during debate on the water

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We can generate energy but not water!

South Africa is heading for a water deficit of between 17 percent and 30 percent in 2030 –and needs to invest R2.8 billion per year to prevent shortages,according to a global water report.

Its best-case scenario it projects a water shortfall in two decades of 2.9 billion cubic meters,rising to 3.8 billion

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Beijing announces water price hike

The hike in Beijing’s water price aims to encourage conservation and

Beijing

recycling in a bid to ease water shortages in the city. By subsidizing low-income residents,officials say the price hike will not impose an excessive financial burden on ordinary people.

Authorities say Beijing is short in water resources. With an average of

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Cape facing drought Disaster

The Western Cape is facing its first “full-scale disaster”as a severe drought shows signs of worsening in the Eden District in the southern Cape.

Local government MEC Anton Bredell told journalists in Cape Town on Wednesday that the province has recommended the district be declared a disaster area.

“We are facing a big disaster,”

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