Cape Town - While the City of Cape Town is desperately seeking funds for water projects as Day Zero nears, the national Water and Sanitation Department said on Friday that it would not offer a single cent towards the drought crisis schemes of the Mother City.
Department spokesperson Sputnik Ratau said the City was solely responsible for raising funds for its additional water projects.
“Funding should come from local revenue. It is a municipal issue. In any way that we might be able to support, then that’s where we come in,” said Ratau.
Deputy mayor Ian Neilson last week told Weekend Argus that with the city council having dropped the proposed drought levy, it would need to seek funds elsewhere. He said the City would approach the national government.
The city’s dams are running low as it is racing towards Day Zero - April 12 - when taps run dry.
