No More Charity, No More Sh*thole Countries.

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Cape Town is located on the Southern end of Africa,,,,,, Am I Correct?

They are Bordered by the Damn Big South Atlantic Ocean,,,,, Am I Correct?

They knew this could be a Big a Problem some time ago,,,,,,, Am I Correct?

So,,,,, couldn't they have built a couple of Desalination/distillation Plants to help themselves.

It's a lack of investment, I believe.

''...As of 2014, it is the 10th most populous city in Africa and home to 64% of the Western Cape's population.

It is one of the most multicultural cities in the world, reflecting its role as a major destination for immigrants and
expatriates to South Africa.

The city was named the World Design Capital for 2014 by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design.
In 2014, Cape Town was named the best place in the world to visit by both the American New York Times and the
British Daily Telegraph...''

Wikipedia:
A friend of mine visited Cape Town a few years ago and rode in a bullet-hole-ridden taxi. The reason -he was told,
was that there was an ongoing Taxi War and this was the cause.

Again from Wikipedia:

'...The term taxi war is usually used to refer to the turf wars fought between taxi associations and individual minibus
taxi drivers in South Africa from the late 1980s onwards. These taxi wars are still raging to the present day.

The multi-billion Rand minibus taxi industry carries over 60% of South Africa's commuters.
Generally speaking, these commuters are all of the lower economic class. Wealthy individuals drive their own cars
for safety and convenience.

The industry is almost entirely made up of 16-seater commuter Toyota HiAce buses, which are sometimes unsafe
or not roadworthy. Minibus taxi drivers are well known for their disregard for the road rules and their proclivity for
dangerously overloading their vehicles with passengers.

Due to an effectively unregulated market and the fierceness of competition for passengers and lucrative routes,
taxi operators band together to form local and national associations. These associations soon exhibited mafia-like
tactics, including the hiring of hit-men and all-out gang warfare. 
hese associations also engaged in anti-competitive price fixing...'

SOURCE:


What I'm getting at is that we all have problems in our countries, but the lack of long-term solution logistics
in certain countries... such as modern-day slavery, totally-socialist governance, strict religious doctrine and
internal corruption that effects it's population, could be an indication why these places are sometimes
categorised as'sh*t-holes'!