City of Tshwane and Rand Water fail to come eye to eye regarding challenges in the capital despite intervention from Minister Senzo Mchunu
As a result of the Rand Water shutdown, customers in direct reservoir zones and feed supply will be affected by low pressure to no water.
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Rand Water says that it will take a few days to restore full water supply to Ekurhuleni and the City of Tshwane.
Leaders and authorities from around the world recently gathered in New York for the first UN water conference in decades.
The loss of water supply was due to Rand Water having to fix a major water leak on their B8 pipeline at the Zuikerbosch Water Treatment Plant
Spokesperson of Joburg Water, Nombuso Tshabalala says the system improved overnight, as residents were experiencing water outages.
Joburg Water says they have registered steady improvement at Crown Gardens reservoir that left thousands without water.
Joburg Mayor councillor Thapelo Amad says reservoirs are currently at critically low levels and this is exacerbated by the energy crisis.
About 280 families live in Zinzi informal settlement in Khayeltisha, established at the height of the Covid pandemic in July 2020.
Musina was the scene of new water protests last week, with protesters complaining that promises had not been kept.
Sakhulukeka High Schoo learners left their classrooms on Tuesday morning to engage in a water strike after the municipality cut off water.
The original completion date for the James Kleynhans Water Treatment Works upgrade was December 2017. It has now been moved to December 2023
Drought is simply a shortage of water to meet demand and predicting drought requires accurate long-range rainfall forecasts.
Several countries are at a huge risk of water shortage, but Cape Town had already experienced the real possibility of day zero.
Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs offered to give two water tankers to fill the hospital’s main water reservoir.
water protesters lock and close the municipal water and sanitation offices in Matatiele during protest as their taps run dry.
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Parts of Johannesburg are facing water shortages after power outages last week curbed supplies by the main distributor.
The Water and Sanitation Programme takes place in various schools and the department aims to create more employment opportunities with it.
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Water shortage threatens Ukraine since fighting along the southern front damaged pipelines and water taps to many areas around Mykolaiv
Tweeps have called a Kimberly municipal spokesperson a ‘slay queen’ after her comments about water cuts in the area went viral.
A violent unrest has gripped Musina over water shortages. Roads have been blocked, businesses looted and now four arrested.
Nomzamo Mbatha and Cotton On have pledged R500 000 towards the families affected by the destructive KZN floods earlier this month.