SA water crisis:  “A massive avalanche” ANC govt can’t stem…

The water crisis in South Africa is “like a massive avalanche that is coming down the mountain”.  So says John Endres of the Centre for Risk Analysis. And he warns: “…I do not think that the government at the moment has a way to stem the avalanche”. Endres thinks that the current “urgency” being displayed by the government is “temporary” - and “a reflection of electoral panic”. He discusses concerns that water might become a national security issue ahead of the election. “…it's also relatively easy to disrupt…fiddling with the infrastructure, creating a bit of vandalism, creating a bit of chaos…” Endres says if the African National Congress (ANC) remains in charge after the election, “it needs a change of heart and…a bringing in of the private sector on honest and equitable terms rather than using it as a method of propping up the support levels in the elections”.