About a year ago I departed with two other adventurers on a Vaal River Source to Sea, a 2,500k gruelling trip aggravated by record low river levels. Our Canadian team member left early, but Brett Merchant fro Australia stuck it out to the bitter end.
Today to situation is a lot worse. Its time for South Africa to start treating water as sacred.
Check out this video:
http://carteblanche.dstv.com/player/970774
May the rains come soon, and with it a drastically changed national consumption pattern.