# The Public Servants Association says the escalating water crisis in South Africa threatens to destabilise the economy, deepen inequality, and erode investor confidence. It says persistent water shortages, deteriorating infrastructure, and lack of decisive government intervention have left millions of citizens without reliable access to water. PSA’s Claude Naicker says the chronic neglect of water infrastructure, which has left pipelines broken and treatment plants dysfunctional, is the direct result of poor planning, corruption, and failure to maintain essential systems.
PSA raises alarm over South Africa’s escalating water crisis