How a single hydrocensus rekindled stewardship over thirteen natural springs in Nkandla.
When we began the hydrocensus, the elders told us the springs had names — names that had not been spoken in two generations. Reawakening these names became as essential as the protection works themselves. Today, thirteen springs are mapped, four are diverted to safer pools, and the women who walk to them at dawn no longer walk in fear.