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EWN reports that labour federation Cosatu has called on national government to urgently intervene in Cape Town's water crisis. On Sunday, the federation led a march to the city’s civic center.
Cosatu’s provincial secretary Tony Ehrenreich said he would not allow the city to turn the taps off on day zero, which is scheduled for 21 April. “We need a credible voice to challenge and champion the solutions that are required. We are calling on deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa to come and lead this process. That brings the City of Cape Town, the provincial government and national government on stream to work together and find a solution,” he stated. Meanwhile, the ANC in the Western Cape has requested that President Jacob Zuma set up a commission of inquiry into what it claimed was the city’s mismanagement of the drought crisis.
- This short report by Graig-Lee Smith is at EWN
- See too, Zille asks Zuma to declare Cape Town water crisis a national disaster, at EWN
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