As I indicated in my initial response, government is seized with efforts to address the challenge of ours being a water-scarce country. There are a number of ways in which government is responding to this challenge. Key amongst those is, first and foremost, to harvest as much water as we possibly can and keep it in reservoirs and dams, as well as to purify water that is available in many streams across the country. The example of the Ntunda community that I visited last month is instructive in this regard. Here is a plant that does not cost anything more than R6 million. It pumps the water out of a river, purifies it, makes it potable, and pumps it to take care of the communities.
The reality is that supply is not enough just on its own. We have to explore the possibilities of recycling water. We also have to embark on massive education of our people. For example, in many instances where there are only three grains of rice in the sink we open the tap to flush them down instead of picking them up. This reflects that we are not aware of the fact that this source of life, clean water, is in short supply, because people just use water recklessly.
So, this is a challenge that we, as government, are seized with. We are quite aware of this challenge and we are doing everything possible to ensure that we do not end up with severe water shortages. Without water there is no sanitation and there is no life. All kinds of complications will arise here. Thank you.