Minister of Water and Sanitation Senzo Mchunu said 'nobody opposed water shifting'
What is water shifting?
By pumping water out of the ground and moving it elsewhere, humans have actually shifted such a large mass of water that the Earth tilted nearly 80 centimetres east between 1993 and 2010 alone, changing the planet’s rotational pole, explains a newHow is it different to water shedding?
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