EC drought: DA official asks UN to assist in province’s water crisis
Retief Odendaal, the DA spokesperson on rural development, agrarian reform and finance, has written to Gilbert Houngbo, chairperson of UN Water, asking the organisation to avail its expertise to South Africa, specifically the Eastern Cape government, to help with the “unfolding water crisis” as a result of the ongoing drought.
In his letter to Houngbo, Odendaal said millions of residents across the Eastern Cape were “facing possibly the worst humanitarian crisis to affect this province”.Subscribe to News24 for just R75 per month to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. You can cancel any time.
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