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Only four years ago, South Africa's Cape Town was parched, with water supplies almost disappearing due to severe drought.

The picture is different today, with the city's water reserves almost at capacity and private swimming pools full once more.

However, things couldn't be more different in the city's most populous and impoverished township, Khayelitsha, where water scarcity is ubiquitous.

Resident, Shadrack Mogress claims things are worse now than during the four year drought.

The only sources of water in townships such as Khayelitsha are those linked to the council built community toilets, from which residents like Sandile Zatu and their families have to fetch their daily supply.

According to the World Bank, South Africa is reported to have the world's highest rates of economic disparity, worsened by racial inequality.

Throughout the pandemic, Cape Town city council supplied the townships with water to promote the washing of hands but this has halted.

City authorities' representative Zahid Badroodien claims that the influx of illegal settlements is to blame as it is impossible to meet demand.

However, with rural to urban migration increasing and future droughts inevitable, calls for the installation of basic infrastructure are yet to be addressed.

Here's Stellenbosch University's community health agent Jo Barnes.

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