By Newsbreak Senior Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - Over 10 thousand residents in the uThukela district municipality in KwaZulu-Natal are expected to have access to water- after about three decades. This follows the introduction of a water project in the area. Meanwhile other areas across the province lament lack of water allocation services in their municipalities. Now new research is being hailed as a feasible solution for water shortages in KZN. Professor Innocent Pikirayi of the Department of Anthropology, Archaeology and Development Studies at the University of Pretoria sifted through ancient records to find out ancient civilizations maintained a stable water supply in sub-Saharan Africa. He says investment in multiple water infrastructure projects could be the solution...

<p>By Newsbreak Senior Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - Over 10 thousand residents in the uThukela district municipality in KwaZulu-Natal are expected to have access to water- after about three decades. This follows the introduction of a water project in the area. Meanwhile other areas across the province lament lack of water allocation services in their municipalities. Now new research is being hailed as a feasible solution for water shortages in KZN. Professor Innocent Pikirayi of the Department of Anthropology, Archaeology and Development Studies at the University of Pretoria sifted through ancient records to find out ancient civilizations maintained a stable water supply in sub-Saharan Africa. He says investment in multiple water infrastructure projects could be the solution...</p>

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