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The previously parched Cradock was given a new lease of life in 1976 when the Orange River Project began to pump irrigation water from the Gariep Dam to the Eastern Cape via the Great Fish River that flows through the town.
Eastern Cape dam levels are below 50%, with the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality and the Sarah Baartman district the worst affected by the drought.
The organisers of the Fish River Canoe Marathon have confirmed the deaths of two participants on the first stage of the race on Friday.