The community of Port Shepstone rallied together last week to prove that charity really does begin at home.

Following the water crisis in the Ugu District, where the taps ran salty, the community, along with the local business forum, joined forces to solve the problem last Monday.

Some prominent businessmen in the area went as far as to open their private boreholes to the public.

The South Coast community woke up to undrinkable, salty tap water as the drought tightened its grip on the province.

The towns and resorts affected included Port Shepstone, Margate, Hibberdene and inland to Bhoboyi.

Most local shops had run out of five-litre bottles of water before lunchtime as customers raced to stock up.

One good samaritan, Yunus Moosa, of the Lucky’s Group of Companies, opened his borehole to the public at the Harbourview shopping centre.

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