South Africa

SPECIAL REPORT: SA’s bitter water wars brew

28 January 2019 - 06:22 By Graeme Hosken
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Some of the dams outside the Klein Karoo town of Ladismith have pitted farmers against each other in a bitter feud over water usage.
Some of the dams outside the Klein Karoo town of Ladismith have pitted farmers against each other in a bitter feud over water usage.
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A bitter water feud is brewing between farmers in one of the country’s worst drought-affected regions.

The sleepy Klein Karoo town of Ladismith is the epicentre of the war that has pitted neighbours against each other. At the centre of the battle? Water usage rights.

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