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WORLDVIEW: Focus on Eskom distracts SA from more serious issues
Eskom is a disaster - but the focus on SAβs unstable electricity supply risks distracting the nation from other, perhaps even more pressing problems.
By Felicity Duncan
Eskom is a disaster β no one is denying that. But the relentless focus on SA's unstable electricity supply risks distracting the nation from other, perhaps even more pressing problems.
I'm thinking here particularly about water. SA has a serious, two-fold water crisis. First, as an arid country that is increasingly prone to droughts, South Africa is facing the possibility that it will not have enough potable water to meets its needs. In February, the Department of Water and Sanitation said that SA faces a deficit of 3,000 billion litres of water by 2030. That's a lot.
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