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Joburg Water systems remain under strain despite full Rand Water operations
Joburg Water has announced that several of the city’s water systems are still experiencing significant strain, despite Rand Water operating…
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Joburg Water to cut supply to informal settlements with illegal connections
Joburg Water has announced plans to cut water supply in informal settlements across the city where illegal water connections have…
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Joburg Water scaling up restrictions for various parts of the city
Joburg Water scaling up restrictions for various parts of the city! Johannesburg residents are bracing for stricter water restrictions as…
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Joburg Water says residents in some areas may experience intermittent to no water supply
Joburg Water says residents in some areas may experience intermittent to no water supply! Residents in Johannesburg are being urged…
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Joburg Council approves comprehensive water conservation plan
Joburg Council approves comprehensive water conservation plan! The Johannesburg City Council has approved a five-year water conservation and demand management…
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Joburg residents urged to store water ahead of month-long maintenance project
Joburg residents are being urged to store water ahead of a month-long maintenance project undertaken by Rand Water. From Saturday…
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Joburg residents warned of unplanned water outage
Joburg Water is warning of an unplanned outage in parts of the city on Monday. Linden, Kensington B, Cresta, Windsor,…
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Joburg residents to brave more water cuts & power outages
Residents and businesses in Johannesburg are expected to be hit with more water cuts and electricity outages this week. Joburg…
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Joburg Water blames heat and poor rainfall for lack of supply
Joburg Water on Sunday warned that the woes experienced by residents over the past two weeks are far from over…
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Joburg Water monitoring water restoration after 12-day outage
Joburg water said it would closely monitor the water infrastructure in Linden and Blairgowrie to ensure there are no setbacks…
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Joburg Water warns of low water pressure after lightning strikes substation
Joburg Water has urged residents to use water sparingly as areas in the south of the city experience shortages. The…
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Taps run dry in parts of Sandton after major pipe burst
Some areas in Sandton have been left without water following a pipe burst in Atholl. Joburg Water said it has…
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Rand Water increases capacity to assist municipal customers
Water supply remains an issue for Johannesburg residents as Johannesburg Water is struggling to keep up with the increased demand.…
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Joburg Water battling with supply as demand rises, reservoir levels dwindle
Taps continue to run dry in some parts of Johannesburg as reservoirs across the city battle to recover. Joburg Water…
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Some areas likely to experience complete water shutdown: Joburg Water
Johannesburg Water’s Acting General Manager for Operations, Logan Munsamy says some areas within the City of Johannesburg will soon experience…
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Widespread water outage in Joburg
A large part of Johannesburg woke up to no water on Saturday as reservoirs across the city ran low to…
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Joburg Water wants to implement water shifting to mitigate supply challenges
Joburg Water said it was looking to implement water shifting to mitigate ongoing challenges in the city. The utility updated…
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Some reservoirs now stable, resulting in improved water supply – says Joburg Water
Joburg Water said some of its reservoirs in the city have stabilized, which has improved water supply to the residents.…
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Parts of Joburg still without water
Parts of Joburg are still without water this morning. This is despite Joburg Water reporting steady progress in reservoir recovery.…
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Joburg Water cancels planned shutdown due to technical & risk challenges
Joburg Water has cancelled its planned shutdown in the West of Johannesburg as water demand continues to surpass supply. Some…
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Joburg Water blames residents’ high consumption for city’s water supply problems
Joburg Water has blamed the city’s current water supply challenges on the recent abnormally high consumption by residents. Parts of…
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Joburg residents struggle with water shortages amid heatwave
Johannesburg residents have taken to social media to air their frustration over ongoing water interruptions. Some parts of the city…
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Slovoville Primary School closed after being flooded with waste
Slovoville Primary School has become a health hazard. It was opened in 2014 by former Gauteng Education MEC, Panyaza Lesufi.…
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Taps to run dry with no water for parts of Joburg on Tuesday and Wednesday
Eastern parts of Johannesburg are expected to have no water on Tuesday as Joburg Water sets out to repair a…
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Minister Senzo Mchunu orders water sharing plan for Joburg’s parched communities
Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu has ordered officials to immediately shift water loads towards some of the city’s dry…
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Reservoirs filling up following water supply issues, says Rand Water
Rand Water, Joburg Water, and the City of Ekurhuleni have committed to strengthening communication, pro-active engagements, cooperation, and co-ordination, following…
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Joburg Water denies putting patients’ lives at risk during water shortages
Joburg Water has denied jeopardizing the lives of patients after two massive hospitals in the city were hit with water…
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Mukwevho of Joburg Water denies blaming city’s water shortages on residents
Joburg Water’s managing director, Ntshavheni Mukwevho, has denied placing blame for the city’s water shortages squarely on residents. Mukwevho defended…
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Joburg Water monitors troubled water systems closely
Joburg Water says it’s monitoring problematic water systems closely. The utility outlined a myriad of water woes that remain. It…
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Water tanks dispatched as Joburg reservoirs remain critically low
Several reservoirs in Johannesburg are battling low water levels due to unsustainable demand for the precious resource, leaving some parts…
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Joburg Water urges residents to use water sparingly
Joburg water is urging residents across the city to use water sparingly, citing unsustainable demand. The entity has attributed the…
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Joburg Water probing death of boy who fell down manhole in Soweto
Joburg Water has confirmed a 10-year-old boy has died after falling into a manhole in Soweto. Tshepo Moloi drowned at…
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Orange Farm residents continue to battle water shortages
Residents in Orange Farm south of Joburg may be heading into a waterless weekend as Joburg Water carries out repairs…
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Police to erect barbed wire fence around Joburg explosion scene
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has announced that police have been instructed to erect barbed wire fencing around the Joburg explosion…
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Joburg residents prepare for water shutdown
Johannesburg Water has announced a water outage which will affect areas such as Roodepoort, Randburg, Soweto, Southdale, Ennerdale, and Joburg…
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Joburg water woes continue as some reservoirs remain critically low
Johannesburg Water’s supply systems continue to be severely impacted. Several reservoirs were critically low. The water outages were suffered following…
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City of Joburg sets aside R3.1 billion for water infrastructure upgrades
As residents continue to experience water shortages, the City of Johannesburg has – once again – announced that it will…
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Day 4 water outage hits Joburg south
Johannesburg South residents have complained of prolonged water outages which have now reached day four. Residents in suburbs such as…
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Joburg Water deploys more tankers to Yeoville as outage persists
Joburg Water on Sunday said it had dispatched ten more water tankers to Yeoville as residents continue to grapple with…
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Joburg Water to have a 39-hour maintenance project on its G20 pipeline in May
As the cold winter weather approaches and load shedding intensifies, some Joburg residents can also expect to have no running…
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Flooding in Yeoville, Joburg after reservoir water pump bursts
Some Joburg residents in the inner city have woken to flooding Thursday morning after a water pump burst from the…
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Joburg Water blames constant power failures for water crisis
Joburg Water is blaming constant power failures for the city’s water crisis. Residents in parts of Johannesburg have been experiencing…
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Joburg Water dispatches 29 water tankers across the city amid supply issues
Joburg Water has supplied a total of 29 mobile water tankers to residents in the city affected by water shortages.…
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R120 billion needed to fix Joburg infrastructure
R120-billion — that’s how much it will cost to fix the City of Johannesburg’s water infrastructure. That’s according to Zakhele…
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Joburg Water warns of reduced supply in parts of the city
Joburg Water is warning that levels of reservoirs linked to the Zuikerbosch plant are critically low to empty. The purification…
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Joburg Water looking into why someone had blue water coming out of their tap
Joburg Water says it has taken note of a complaint by a Johannesburg resident that the water coming from her…
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City Power & Joburg Water working on emergency plan to curb infrastructure theft
City Power and Joburg Water are working on emergency plans to reduce the theft of water and power infrastructure in…
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Rand Water to initiate 30-hour emergency shutdown after pipe bursts
Bulk water supplier, Rand Water, says it will have to institute a 30-hour emergency shutdown due to a major burst…
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Joburg Water: Stage 2 water restrictions to remain in place indefinitely
Joburg Water says Stage 2 water restrictions will remain in place indefinitely. Residents in various metros in Gauteng have been…
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Water shortages partially caused by increased water demand due to heatwave, says CoJ
The City of Johannesburg on Thursday said water shortages in the metro were partially caused by an increase in water…
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