By February 2014 in his State of the Nation Address, Zuma was confident to claim 95 percent of the population had 'access to water coverage' but the day after the speech, a government official admitted that only 65 percent contained 'flowing water'.
Ngenyanga kaFebruwari ka2014 ngenkathi ethula Inkulumo Yakhe Yesizwe, uZuma wayeneqholo lokuthi amaphesenti angu95 abantu babewathola amanzi kodwa usuku-nje emva kwenkulumo yakhe, isikhulu sikahulumeni savuma ukuthi u65 kuphela wamaphesenti owawuthola amanzi ahambayo.