Gauteng’s prolonged water crisis and Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s recent comments — for which he later apologised — about using hotel facilities during outages returned to the forefront as political parties responded to his State of the Province address. The speech did not provide sufficient detail on how the province would end the chronic water shortages, […]
Residents of Claremont, in the west of the city, have little faith in what they call mayor Dada Morero’s ‘empty promises’
Bulk water supplier Rand Water warned that its systems were ‘dropping fast’ because of extremely high consumption
Extracting too much water from the Vaal River system will result in a worse crisis
Rand Water, Johannesburg Water and the department of water and sanitation are to meet civil society groups on Saturday
Water outages have left many communities with dry spells since August as the city struggles with prolonged recovery periods of Rand Water and Johannesburg Water supply systems
Gauteng water users need to use water ‘more carefully and efficiently’, says water expert
The reasons change and the blame game goes on while people struggle with severe water shortages
Densification and population growth driving water demand, the entity says
Rand Water says the shutdown was successfully completed
Recovery could take five to 14 days, advises Johannesburg Water
Ratepayers have warned Johannesburg mayor Kabelo Gwamanda of legal action if the problem is not resolved
Robertsham residents have been hit by water shortages while Joburg Water and Rand Water blame each other and point fingers at Eskom
It’s a ‘huge concern because how are we going to cope with a real drought’
Another says the outages are a wake-up call for how water is managed in the country’s economic hub
The supply of water in numerous municipalities around the country are has been affected by the rolling blackouts