Jansen hoop egter nie die verlede herhaal homself nie met betrekking tot dié rampverklaring waartydens die…

This includes parts of the Free State, North West, Limpopo, coastal areas in the Eastern Cape and large parts of KwaZulu-Natal. Sputnik Ratau, the spokesperson of the Department of Water and Sanitation, says in general dam levels in North West improved with 4%, while levels in Limpopo improved drastically from 49.1% to 58,4%. He says although rain brought some relief in drought-stricken areas in the Northern Cape, dam levels continue to downslide in this province and dropped from 75.3% to 72%. Dam levels in the Western Cape plummeted from 69.3% to 67.3%. He says despite an increase in dam levels in some provinces – these levels are…

Spokesperson of the department, Sputnik Ratau, says in the process the DG will also need to engage with National Treasury to sign of the amount which will be used, among others, to access ground water by drilling boreholes in the province. Ratau says this comes after minister Lindiwe Sisulu, members of the Provincial Executive Committee (PEC), administrators and officials from the provincial government in the Northern Cape met on Friday in Kimberley. He says Sisulu and the premier, Zamani Saul, decided…