Water shortage‚ fires threaten National Arts Festival

27 June 2016 - 14:21
By Adrienne Carlisle And David Macgregor

Disaster struck in Grahamstown at the weekend‚ just days before the start of the National Arts Festival‚ when one of its major pumping stations flooded‚ damaging pumps and leaving huge swathes of the city without water. To make matters worse‚ a hefty berg wind has fanned fires burning ferociously south of Grahamstown.

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