Time’s up for parched Knysna after betrayal by leaders.

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TEN DAYS UNTIL THE TAPS RUN DRY. Knysna is on the BRINK of a total water collapse, with its main dam at a shocking 15% capacity. This is not a drill. This is DAY ZERO creeping in, and officials are now begging for a disaster declaration to stave off the inevitable.

The shocking photo of the nearly-empty Akkerkloof Dam tells the whole story. But this crisis was MANUFACTURED. For YEARS, half of all water has been LOST to a crumbling network of ancient, leaking pipes and thousands of illegal connections. While residents are rationed to 50 liters a day, a staggering 12 million liters VANISHES daily. The system is bleeding out.

Who let this happen? Look at the evidence. A photo of water gushing from a broken pipe shows the sheer neglect. Councillors like Peter Bester have warned for FIVE YEARS that this day was coming, blaming “long-term failures” and “thumb-suck budgeting.” The infrastructure, built for 60,000 people, is now strangled by over 100,000. There have been TEN acting managers since 2021—a revolving door of chaos where no one is held accountable.

Now, in a desperate scramble, they’re digging up old “bin graveyard” wheelie bins to hand out for rainwater. They’re hunting for boreholes and begging for hundreds of millions they don’t have. The top 100 water-wasting businesses are being threatened with public shaming. But it’s too little, too late.

The politicians are on their knees, but the truth is they were asleep at the wheel. The photos don’t lie: the dam is empty, the pipes are bursting, and the countdown has begun. While they point fingers, a whole town is about to find out what happens when the last drop is gone.

They knew this was coming, and they did nothing until the walls caved in.



Edited for Kayitsi.com

Author: Kayitsi.com

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