According to Johannesburg Water, the reason for the interruption is due to the repairing of a 600mm steel water main pipe.
Johannesburg Water will continue to have supply challenges again this week following the announcement of an unplanned maintenance.
The reason for the water outage is the upgrading from the existing 75mm AC pipe to the new 110mm MPVC, according to Johannesburg Water.
On Saturday, 16 December, Johannesburg Water notified the residents of an unplanned maintenance at the Rabie Ridge reservoir.
Johannesburg Water has issued notices informing consumers about both unplanned and planned system maintenances.
An unplanned maintenance has caused taps to run dry in parts of the south of Johannesburg this afternoon, Tuesday, 21 November.
According to Johannesburg Water, the impact is no water in all the streets and the interruption is due to a major burst pipe.
According to Johannesburg Water, various areas will be affected including Alexandra, Aeroton, Ormonde, Joburg CBD and Newtown.
According to Johannesburg Water, various streets will be affected from 20 October to 22 October, from 6pm to 4pm.
Johannesburg Water has issued a three-day Water Shutdown notice to residents residing in the northern suburbs of Joburg.
Eskom says an unplanned outage has left customers in parts of Betty’s Bay in the Western Cape without electricity supply.