South Africa: 'At Some Point We Need Government to Listen' - Civil Society Rallies for Access to Clean Water

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Fourteen civil society organisations have joined forces to fight the lack of access to clean drinking water across the country, but specifically in the Eastern Cape, as the outbreak of Covid-19 infections highlighted this desperate and expensive struggle facing many communities.

"Part of what we are doing here today is to say to government: At some point we need you to listen. Recognise our voice and our struggle. Recognise that we have been resilient for so long. We are exploring litigation as a way to amplify our voice and find a short term solution... As a collective we cannot say this loud enough. This is what is in our heart," said Nontando Ngamlana, the Executive Director at Afesis-corplan, a development NGO.

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