Water crisis in Botswana -blame the weather or your neighbour

Well government has imposed water restrictions and unfortunately for the wrong reason. Common sense suggests imposition shall be lifted the moment water levels in dams are up. And that's unfortunate.

Just to epitomise the subject - Are you wrong to be mad at me if after all your efforts of providing me with clean treated water - you see me throw it away on the ground only to ask for more. If you asked me, I would say it's disrespectful and moreover criminal.

Of course the example is just a fraction of the subject matter i.e. water shortage faced by this country, Botswana.
The first time we experienced a water crisis in Botswana we blamed the weather and as we waited for it to clear we turned around to draw water from the North.

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