No freedom without water

No freedom without water

For Asanda Magadla, there is little to celebrate this Freedom Day. In Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape, where she lives, taps frequently run dry — or deliver water so contaminated  that it cannot be used.  At times, she said, it was laced with sewage, forcing households like hers to spend what little they have on buying water to survive. “Instead of reducing inequalities in our society, the water crisis has made it even worse  because we have to fi…