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The ANC has focused on economic redistribution rather than growth…

Where have I heard about that redistribution thing before?

and is generally considered incompetent.

Another case where the government is too small and must increase taxes to throw more money at…something.  One lucky thing is they didn’t let the marketplace influence water supply and pricing otherwise they would be in worse shape than having no water. You know like…well…ah ya…more on that later.

http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/01/23/day-zero-cape-town-south-africa-run-water-april-12/

The crisis is the result of several factors. One is the lack of rainfall over three unusually dry winters, an extreme drought that caught weather forecasters and local authorities by surprise. That has caused some to blame climate change — though experts say that the evidence is unclear. Such dry spells are rare, but not unknown, historically — though scientists warn that they could become more likely if the world becomes warmer and drier in the future.

Another factor is mismanagement. Water is technically controlled by the national government, which has been run since the first democratic elections in 1994 by the African National Congress (ANC), and is generally considered incompetent.

The ANC has focused on economic redistribution rather than growth, and has neglected investments in infrastructure in general, as graft and corruption have become rife throughout the public sector.

The provincial and municipal governments are controlled by the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), which has sought to turn the Western Cape province and the City of Cape Town into flagships of good governance that will help the party challenge for power at the national level…

And other drought-prone regions — such as California, which like Cape Town has not built new water storage capacity in decades — will see a horrific glimpse of their possible future.

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