By Lebone Rodah Mosima
Democratic Alliance (DA) mayoral candidate for Tshwane, Cilliers Brink, said on Saturday that South Africa’s water crisis is not caused by a lack of rainfall, but by corruption and the misappropriation of funds.
Speaking at a Human Rights Day rally organised by the DA in Hammanskraal, Pretoria, on Saturday, Brink said the crisis reflects governance failures rather than natural conditions.
He criticised the Klipdrift package plant, intended to resolve the long-standing Hammanskraal water crisis and supply clean water, and blamed the ANC-led government for its failure.
“This plant was built for hundreds of millions of rands,” Brink said.
“But you know what? They took us out because the ANC makes profit from these trucks here.”
Brink further accused the government of diverting funds to the Madlanga Commission instead of completing the plant, and of spending R777 million on water tankers.
He also alleged that Tshwane Deputy Mayor Eugene Modise benefits from
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