OPINION: When activist journalists withhold the truth to suit their narrativeThe City categorically denies that it had any kind of “special deal” with Coca-Cola Pen Bev, or any other company. The GroundUp article Coca-Cola and Cape Town’s sweetheart Day Zero deal seems to have purposefully omitted certain facts to achieve a particular (false) narrative. This is publicly available information and was shared over two years ago – as can be read in this News24 article. For this reason, commercial customers have found ways to reduce water consumption outside of the drought-related tariffs. The journalists are right to refer to their PAIA application when requesting account details relating to water use, as the City does not disclose confidential details of account holders to any person.

Source: News 24 May 13, 2020 14:37 UTC