/ 19 September 2025

Mayor blames population growth for Joburg water crisis

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Watershed moment: Pemmy Majodina, Minister of Water and Sanitation, with President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: Supplied

The DA has not ruled out sabotage as one of the reasons the city has failed to provide water

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