Crisis-torn Nelson Mandela Bay seeking help from SANDF
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is inching closer to ‘day zero’ as the dam levels continue to drop due to a prolonged draught.
Levels at several of the dams in the area have dropped too low to allow for water extraction.
The director of the metro’s Water and Sanitation Department Joseph Tsatsire says they are looking at roping in the South African National Defence Force to assist in with the growing water crisis in the city.
Tsatsire says there are various ways that the SANDF will be able to assist at the various water collection sites being built across the metro.
“The presence of the SANDF will help ensure law and order and in the distribution of water. The provision of water trucks from the army base which we can use for replenishing and distributing of water to communities."
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