KwaZulu-Natal dams less than 50% full‚ and ‘will not get better’ soon

29 March 2016 - 14:10
By Matthew Savides

The Department of Water and Sanitation has warned that the ongoing drought KwaZulu-Natal is “will not get better” until at least the last few months of the year.In a statement issued on Tuesday morning‚ department spokesperson Sputnik Ratau said: “The high temperatures‚ low rainfall‚ and very dry soils mean that our dams are unlikely to fill well during this (summer) season.

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