Despite the chronic water shortage, the Nelson Mandela Bay metro says it will fend off Day Zero.
It’s early morning, about 4am, and candlelight flickers through a corrugated shack in Bethelsdorp, Gqeberha, one of Nelson Mandela Bay metro’s poorest townships.
Inside the shack, Magda Witbooi is getting dressed, preparing for her daily 500m walk to the nearest communal standalone water tap. This has become a routine not only for Witbooi but many other Nelson Mandela Bay residents — the result of a devastating water crisis hitting the Windy City. On her kitchen table, two 20-litre plastic containers wait to be picked up as Witbooi sets out in search of water.
As she leaves the shack, three other women pass by, empty water containers in their hands. The walk to the communal tap is a dangerous one. Women can be robbed, raped or even killed, because gangsters are in the area day and night, and in surrounding townships.Subscribe to the M&G today for just R30 for the first three months* to gain access to this story and all our best journalism, subscriber-only newsletters, events and a weekly cryptic crossword.
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