Residents take to the streets after city leader issues alarming statement amid water crisis: 'So out of touch'

Residents take to the streets after city leader issues alarming statement amid water crisis: 'So out of touch'

For multiple weeks, when some residents of Johannesburg have turned on their water taps, nothing has come out. Despite the ongoing crisis, government leaders have appeared to not understand the severity of its impact on their constituents, NPR reported.  "People think that when there is no water, we and our families, we have special water. We don't," said Panyaza Lesufi, the province's top official, per NPR. "In some instances, I had to go to a …