The water scapegoat The water crisis in the central regions deepens every day in the aftermath of inaction, indecisiveness, confusion, incompetence and a general attitude of leaving things as they are to take their own course, and relying on the grace of God. In the meantime, the media has reported on the burgeoning problem on numerous occasions in futile, anxious attempts to attract the attention of the City of Windhoek. The purpose of all the media attention – that this all-important subject has received since last year – to spur the illustrious, self-enriching elite into action – to avert the terrifying prospect of a populace without the most life-sustaining resource in the world – water! That “water is life” is no fallacy – one needs water more than food. A human being can go for 90 days without food before death is likely to occur, but the average human can only remain for three days without water before dehydration and death occurs. Meanwhile, despite the water crisis on our doorstep, huge development and building contracts continue, lawns at the University of Namibia and other government institutions are watered on a daily basis with the water running and wasted all over the show, some Chinese building contractors are even apparently building huge buildings in Academia (ostensibly without the City of Windhoek''s approval of building plans). In the aftermath of all this uncoordinated chaos, favouritism, nepotism and inaction, all that the City of Windhoek can come up with – is to blame the media? Should they not communicate better with the line ministries and ensure that those utterances are in line with their agenda? Is the media the new scapegoat for their incompetence and inaction? Will they continue blaming the media once the water dries up in the capital? Why don''t they inform us on concrete, effective measures they have taken to avert the crisis? Have they seen fit to build any pipelines to relay water to the central regions? Any newly built desalination plants, perhaps? Has CoW led the people to save water by example, or is the City selective in choosing who should save water? Is the City now directing its anger and frustration at the media, simply because the media has highlighted their incompetence? Too little too late perhaps?The water scapegoat The water crisis in the central regions deepens every day in the aftermath of inaction, indecisiveness, confusion, incompetence and a general attitude of leaving things as they are to take their own course, and relying on the grace of God. In the meantime, the media has reported on the burgeoning problem on numerous occasions in futile, anxious attempts to attract the attention of the City of Windhoek. The purpose of all the media attention – that this all-important subject has received since last year – to spur the illustrious, self-enriching elite into action – to avert the terrifying prospect of a populace without the most life-sustaining resource in the world – water! That “water is life” is no fallacy – one needs water more than food. A human being can go for 90 days without food before death is likely to occur, but the average human can only remain for three days without water before dehydration and death occurs. Meanwhile, despite the water crisis on our doorstep, huge development and building contracts continue, lawns at the University of Namibia and other government institutions are watered on a daily basis with the water running and wasted all over the show, some Chinese building contractors are even apparently building huge buildings in Academia (ostensibly without the City of Windhoek''s approval of building plans). In the aftermath of all this uncoordinated chaos, favouritism, nepotism and inaction, all that the City of Windhoek can come up with – is to blame the media? Should they not communicate better with the line ministries and ensure that those utterances are in line with their agenda? Is the media the new scapegoat for their incompetence and inaction? Will they continue blaming the media once the water dries up in the capital? Why don''t they inform us on concrete, effective measures they have taken to avert the crisis? Have they seen fit to build any pipelines to relay water to the central regions? Any newly built desalination plants, perhaps? Has CoW led the people to save water by example, or is the City selective in choosing who should save water? Is the City now directing its anger and frustration at the media, simply because the media has highlighted their incompetence? Too little too late perhaps?