In SONA ’26, President Cyril Ramaphosa finally acknowledged that South Africa is facing a severe water crisis.
What he didn’t acknowledge was what brought the country to this point: the three decades of warnings, failing municipalities and national government’s limited ability to intervene.
Judge Dennis Davis presents the evidence of delayed action and questions whether the billions that have been committed to fix the problem will simply be disbursed through the same dysfunctional cycle of poor performance and neglect.