Rain falls — but not enough to end water rationing in Makhanda.
Last year a rain tank was donated which has helped with “our survival”, he said. “We didn’t even get her name [the donor] to thank her,” said Jantjies.
Eastern Cape education spokesperson Loyiso Pulumani said the department had recommended that schools close early if they do not have water on the premises. He said schools in the area surrounding Makhanda and some in the township had been worst affected. Waainek, on the west side of town, receives most of its water from Howieson's Poort bam, but has only eight megalitres of capacity per day.Both dams ran dry last year, forcing the municipality to supply water only from the James Kleynhans treatment works, which had to operate at above design capacity at 12 megalitres a day.
Some local residents complained that the municipality had not done enough for poorer areas, leaving communities to rely on the support of Gift of the Givers and other community organisations.
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