South Africa: ANC WC to Request Inquiry Into Whether City 'Deliberately Ignored' Drought Warnings

The ANC in the Western Cape on Thursday said it would request President Jacob Zuma to institute a Commission of Inquiry to establish whether the Western Cape government and the City of Cape Town "deliberately ignored the warnings of the diminishing water resources".

"The DA must accept the blame for dumping the city in this crisis that will impact all its residents and especially the poor, who will find it difficult to get to the collection points when Day Zero arrives," ANC Western Cape secretary Faiez Jacobs said in a statement.

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