It’s true that SA is in the grips of the harshest drought to have hit the country in decades. It is also true that this threatens to destabilise the economy further. But what is at the heart of southern Africa’s current scarcity problems? There’s more to it than just a lack of rain.

Drought is not the only reason behind South Africa’s water crisis

Originally published in the Water, Sewage and Effluent Magazine, 2016.

Petrie, Belynda. 2016. Real Reasons Behind the South Africa’s Water Crisis. Published in Water, Sewage and Effluent Magazine: May/June 2016 Vol 36 No 2 (pg 38).  Interact Media Defined (Pty) Ltd

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