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A look at SA’s looming water crisis

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South Africa is facing an impeding water crisis with some dams in the Western Cape and parts of the Eastern Cape running out of water.

The Theewaterskloof dam in the Western Cape water levels are around 10%.

With a number of the country’s dams averaging 23% capacity, what has been a crisis in Cape Town could spread to more parts of the country.

Statistics from the South African Weather Service show that many parts in the country have fallen below the normal rain fall average in the period from July 2017 to January 2018.

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