South Africa: Price of Water Skyrockets On Supply Deterioration in Eastern Cape

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Referring to the collapse of the Amathole District Municipality, a major water services municipality providing water to areas like Butterworth, Peddie, Bedford, Adelaide, Stutterheim and hundreds of smaller villages, Nontando Ngamlana from the East London-based NPO Afesis-Corplan said the price of water delivered to homes has skyrocketed.

First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper.

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