'Use terrorism laws for water mafias'

The South African Human Rights Commission has said the sabotage of water infrastructure should be regarded as a terrorist activity.

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"The deliberate sabotage of water-related infrastructure to the extent where it is deliberately accompanied with an intent to instil fear, public panic or overthrow the current order while causing serious water disruption, should be considered as constituting a terrorist activity in terms of the Protection of Constitutional Democracy against Terrorist and Related Activities Amendment Act 23 of 2022," the commission said.