Skills key to fixing South Africa’s water crisis, says EWSETA

Skills key to fixing South Africa’s water crisis, says EWSETA

By Dr Mmaphefo Thwala While EWSETA supports President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call to restore and upgrade critical water infrastructure, we believe water reform is as much a skills issue as a funding one. This Water Month comes on the back of the President’s recent State of the Nation Address, where he went as far as saying that “water is now the single most important issue for many people in South Africa.” The President acknowledged years of underinv…