HEALTH AND SANITATION
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Drought disaster:
natural or man-made?
The definition of drought in the context of water,
according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is “A
prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to
a shortage of water.”
By Andy Camphausen
With this in mind, the very first thing that may be
thought of is the looming ‘Day Zero’ in Cape Town.
The Western Cape is currently experiencing the
worst drought in over 100 years. With this period in
mind, the demographics differ vastly to the number