capacity challenges
AS if load shedding was not enough to bring businesses to their knees, South Africans are now confronted with water shortages, with the situation expected to get worse in 2025.
A December 2023 report by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) found that several water supply systems were operating close to or beyond their design capacity, and monitoring and compliance were severely deficient.
The report also stated that this made fixing problems impossible as
