‘I think that we’re sitting on infrastructure that is falling apart and unless we literally take this on as an issue we need to focus on, we are going to be experiencing these water cuts for a number of years,’ says Dr Ferrial Adam, executive manager at WaterCAN.
You can also listen to this podcast on iono.fm here. ADVERTISEMENT CONTINUE READING BELOW JEREMY MAGGS: Tens of thousands of angry Johannesburg residents face a second week without water, as reservoirs supplying Randburg and great parts of the western expanse of the city remain dry. I’m in conversation now with Dr Ferrial Adam from the NPO WaterCAN.
It’s not going to be something that can be fixed in six months. I think that we’re sitting on infrastructure that is falling apart and unless we literally take this on as an issue we need to focus on, we are going to be experiencing these water cuts for a number of years. ADVERTISEMENT CONTINUE READING BELOW JEREMY MAGGS: But residents seem very powerless in that respect, even if they want to focus on it. There’s a lot of talk now about protest, which doesn’t always achieve much.
What needs to happen, and I do think that the civil society, the citizen action, is growing, but we need to build that into one formidable force. I think that also what’s happening presently, there are talks with different legal structures that are looking at how to take this on legally. I think that the politics, the mess that’s created in the city of council has made this, has exacerbated this situation, and so we need to also look at that.
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