Water rationing and its impact on insured events
As a responsible corporate citizen and South Africa’s largest insurer Santam has had to consider the impact of the drought and current water restrictions implemented by the Western Cape authorities on consumers, our clients and our business. The City of Cape Town recently announced that it had moved Day Zero to 13 May 2018 and introduced Phase 1 of its Critical Water Shortages Disaster Plan, which entails water outages during peak water usage periods in the mornings and evenings in the Western Cape region.