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NEWS in brief Botswana Demand Strains Water Corporation Letlhakane — Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) is anticipating an increase in water shortages in the Boteti Sub district during the course of the year due to decline in yield of boreholes. Water demand surpasses supply in Gaborone Addressing Boteti Sub-district disaster management committee recently, Water Utilities (WUC) waterworks superintendent, Mr Mmothi Segale said that with the expected low rainfall, the WUC anticipates continuous supply challenges. He stated that water supply has been diminishing in recent months due to the significant drop in daily output coupled with the amount of heat that had resulted in water resources stretched. Mr Segale said the corporation supplies water to Letlhakane and 16 smaller villages, noting that the daily demand of Letlhakane is 2111 million litres of water while the WUC’s daily supply is 2348 million litres. He said in spite of the numbers, there was still a deficit in their water supply. Around Africa consideration, the Ministry is working in collaboration with stakeholders. According to Mezgebu, the water supply coverage across schools in the country is 41 per cent and that of latrine 58 per cent. Local girls from Babile fill yellow water jugs at the area He, however, underlined that there is a pressing need to do more to ensure that there is clean water, safe latrine and sanitation in schools for the sake of health and quality of education Expressing his doubt on the figure presented by the Ministry, Gashaw Semeneh, Project Manager, Water to Thrive, a US-based NGO working on water supply ,among others, said lack of clean water, standardized latrine(menstruation hygiene manag [Y[