Now that the farmers have been restricted, day zero is moving back with a month every week. The day Zero was moved from 19 April to 12 May to 6 June, with the borehole and spring water now augmenting the supply, it should be even further back.
The amount water used for irrigation and the consequences thereof were known but all this was purposefully allowed to continue to create the panic around water supply. We are calling on the Human rights Commission, to investigate the manufactured crisis so water could be privatised.
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