Just putting it out there:
Did you even stop to think why Germiston lake, Benoni lake, Boksburg lake, to name a but a few, are not empty, even though the Vaal dam is empty? How come these dams don't run dry but the vaal does?
Here's why: The Vaal dam is used to generate hydro electricity. The water is pumped higher up to a reservoir, which then flows through hydro generators back to the vaal dam, and electricity is generated. This electricity is then sold off to Botswana and Zimbabwe. That's right, we don't get to use this electricity, instead it's sold off for a profit.
Now, let's for a moment forget about the drought, and the fact that we've had less rain than we normally get. In the past few months, with the flash floods that we got, many people's pools got filled by the rain. Most of the dams around us were topped up by the rain. And often, that rain would lay in the road (where storm drains weren't cleaned) for two or three days.
Our water shortage isn't due to the rain, but something else. What if, and obviously no one would confess this, but what if that hydro plant is broken, water pipes broken and is leaking.
So now, the tax payers of this country gets fined and penalties for water usage. We get rationed three times a week. And many people will sit with burst geysers and burst toilet cisterns - why? Well, when water is shut down like this, air bubbles get into the water pipes which then cause damage to valves and taps when that inrush of water comes back again.
And in the mean time, the government sells electricity to the neighboring countries for a profit. Our own people suffer while the other countries gloat and enjoy nice clean electricity. And the government enjoys nice fat pay checks!
