Kei Mouth rallies: The town that rose up when the water went down

Daily Maverick | 02.02.2026 02:54
On 26 January, the Amathole District Municipality ordered immediate and drastic water rationing for the towns of Kei Mouth and Cwili in the Eastern Cape. After brutally hot January temperatures, high festive-season consumption and below-expectation rainfall, the Cwili dam had run dry.