Residents are fed up with the city’s water shortages, which contributed to a mother and child dying in a fire this week
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Utility advises customers to start stocking up on water ahead of the weekend
Rand Water says the shutdown was successfully completed
A combination of failures by the municipal, provincial and national government left a hospital in the south of Johannesburg without water and electricity for parts of November
Under Level 2 restrictions, homes that use between 20 000 and 30 000-litres of water a month will pay 10% more on their water bills.
Bulk water supplier Rand Water warned that its systems were ‘dropping fast’ because of extremely high consumption
Consumption in the country’s economic hub remains far above the acceptable daily usage limit
The South African National Bottled Water Association has warned consumers to check that bottled and refilling water is not substandard
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Only a collective response will ensure water security and the per person use to a below a 170-litre future
The water utility is carrying out the 39-day work to restore old pipes
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