In her latest weekly newsletter, published on March 18, Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busi Mavuso addresses the major challenge of local government’s mismanagement of water infrastructure, which is leading to an increase in water shortages and questionable water quality.
It appears that the water crisis is growing, although it is difficult to determine the full extent of delivery failure in South Africa, since the degree to which municipalities are meeting their constitutional duty to provide water varies widely, she states.