�Thirst for learning� turns too real

Friday, September 04, 2015

“In trying times like this, we expect businesses, schools and hotels to put aside some level of storage for themselves at least to the next day. We are trying to accommodate everyone because we appreciate that times are tough.”

Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Kitso Mokaila uttered these words yesterday in his first public briefing as the maelstrom around recent water shortages in the country’s south darkened.

Public schools are open in the face of this heightened crisis and learners’ ‘thirst for learning’ has literally been surpassed by the real thirst for water as classes continue to be interrupted by the water scarcity.

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