News24 reports that Cosatu in the Western Cape plans to go on strike over what it calls the City of Cape Town's failure to address the water crisis.  

The labour federation intends to file an application for legal protest action with the Nedlac.  In a statement on Thursday, Cosatu said the city had failed to decrease water consumption and went on to state:  "The rich have more than enough money to pay fines and more expensive water bills.  The water shortages [are] going to lead to poor communities dying of thirst.  The rich will be able to buy water at the shops whilst poor people have no alternative water supply."  Cosatu demanded that water use for pools, car washing and gardening be banned.  It asked that pool water be returned to dams, that desalination plants be set up and that the groundwater aquifer be accessed.  The City has been given until Monday to respond to the demands.

• Read this report by James de Villiers in full at News24

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