The Financial Times calls the current drought “the worst since records began in 1904.” The’re probably not wrong judging by the lack of water in the Meerlust dam.

The wind pump that did its job too well as for generations it stood proudly in the middle of a dam looks pretty forlorn these days. So what should Meerlust be called now that there is no meer? Just Lust I suppose, which suggests a few marketing opportunities, although Dana Buys from Vrede & Lust may have a prior claim.