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Eastern Cape Premier, Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane met with citrus-producing farmers from the Gamtoos River Valley region on Tuesday.
The meeting, which took place at the Sarah Baartman District offices in Gqeberha, sought to find solutions to the ongoing drought distress, that continues to threaten the sector, farm jobs, as well as the livelihoods of thousands in the region.
The meeting heard how the Kouga Dam, which in 2015 was overflowing at 100%, was now at a dangerous 4.4%.
This, despite painstaking efforts to conserve the critical resource of water, through restrictions on irrigation, as well as interventions by the Government in digging boreholes in various areas of the region.
DAM LEVELS DROP BELOW 12%
— Kouga Municipality (@KougaMuni) May 5, 2021
Kouga residents, businesses and visitors are urged to use water extremely sparingly, with the combined levels of the supply dams in the region having dropped to below 12%. pic.twitter.com/evuNR7iAqO
