The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Knysna refutes the blatantly false claims made by the African National Congress (ANC) in its NEC press conference today that the ANC has averted a Day Zero crisis in the town through “122 emergency water points and coordinated state intervention in action”.
The reality is that the emergency water points were only provisions made in the event of Day Zero, which has yet to occur. This is not an intervention to address the problem at hand, but merely treats the symptoms of a problem the ANC themselves created. It is thanks to recent rains that the situation has slightly improved. However, any and all state intervention has come directly from the DA-led Western Cape government.
The Joint Operations Committee (JOC), overseen by the Western Cape Department of Local Government and Development Planning, successfully implemented several provincial interventions to stabilise the situation in Knysna over the past few months following provincial intervention.
This intervention comes against the backdrop of ongoing failures by the PA/ANC/EFF/PBI/KIM coalition, under whose watch the crisis has worsened through corruption and poor governance.
These interventions include:
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