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Water shutdown planned for parts of Johannesburg
Rand Water is planning shutdowns in parts of Johannesburg from 3 to 4 June. This is to cross-connect the newly…
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Lebogang Maile: Gauteng’s municipalities are owed R79.4 billion
According to Gauteng Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Lebogang Maile, R79.4 billion is what the province’s municipalities are owed.…
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Senzo Mchunu lashes out at DA for calling Rand Water incompetent
Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu has lashed out at the Democratic Alliance, describing claims by the party’s Gauteng leader…
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Rand Water warns of water disruptions in Ekurhuleni
“No need to panic,” is the word from Rand Water. It says power has finally been restored to the Mapleton…
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100s of Ekurhuleni residents affected by water disruptions
Rand Water says hundreds of Ekurhuleni residents are still affected by water supply challenges. The reservoirs that dependent on the…
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Rand Water warns Ekurhuleni residents of possible water interruptions
Rand Water says a total power supply failure at a substation in Ekurhuleni threatens water supply in parts of the…
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Rand Water shuts water supply to parts of Pretoria East
Rand Water has closed off the water supply from the Vlakfontein Reservoir which supplies parts of regions three, four and…
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Water supply reduction in parts of Joburg
Water supply reductions are expected in parts of Johannesburg on Saturday. City Power is doing maintenance at the Rand Water…
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Water restored to Tshwane while Joburg residents warned to brace for water cut
The City of Tshwane says its reservoirs are improving following supply disruptions earlier this week. Large parts of the capital…
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Ekurhuleni taps expected to run in 48 hours
Ekurhuleni residents will have water again within 48 hours. That’s the promise from mayor Tania Campbell after a week of…
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Rand Water booster station power supply failure hits Tshwane reservoir levels
Large parts of Tshwane have been affected by Rand Water’s power supply failure. The water utility’s Mapleton Booster suffered a…
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Vaal Dam full to the brim, thanks to recent rains
Sustained rainfall has resulted in the Vaal Dam breaching 100% storage, up almost 10% from this time last week. Over…
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Hammanskraal residents ask Gauteng legislature to provide clean water
Residents in Hammanskraal are becoming increasingly frustrated with the water crisis. They have now approached the Gauteng legislature, asking law-makers…
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Rand Water update: Affected reservoirs have recovered
Joburg Water assured residents the city’s water woes are a thing of the past, after Rand Water was forced to…
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Rand Water: Joburg residents can expect running water again
Rand Water said Johannesburg residents can expect running water in their taps from Sunday morning. The bulk water supplier said…
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Joburg water systems 80% recovered
Eighty percent of Johannesburg’s water systems have recovered after Rand Water’s planned interruption. A number of areas have been without…
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Joburg residents frustrated, thirsty & in the dark
Joburg residents are frustrated and angry after having to battle simultaneous water and power outages. Rand Water is appealing for…
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Rand Water: Reservoirs still low after completion of pipeline repairs
Rand Water says there is still low pressure on water reservoirs in parts of Johannesburg and surroundings on Thursday following…
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Westbury residents angry over water outage
Westbury residents have been without water since Monday. But Rand Water says this has nothing to do with its planned…
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Joburg Water says reservoirs at critical level, calls for reduction in demand
Joburg Water is warning that several of its reservoirs and water towers were now at a critical level. Rand Water…
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Rand Water confident it has enough reserves to minimise impact of maintenance
Rand Water said that it was confident that it had done its sums right and that there was enough water…
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Rand Water’s three-day shutdown begins
Rand Water’s three-day shutdown comes into effect on Monday morning. The water utility is doing maintenance on pipes supplying the…
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54-hour water disruption from Monday for parts of Gauteng
In Johannesburg, Rand Water’s 54-hour shutdown set to start on Monday has led to the postponement of the city’s first…
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54-hour water shutdown to affect JHB traffic services
Rand Water’s 54-hour shutdown will affect Johannesburg traffic services. The shutdown from Monday to Wednesday will result in low pressure…
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Gauteng residents urged not to stockpile water ahead of 54-hour disruption
Rand Water is urging Gauteng residents not to fill up bottles in preparation for next week’s 54-hour water disruption. Rand…
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Rand Water plans 54 hour water cuts in parts of Gauteng
Next week Monday, Johannesburg Water will cut supply for at least 54 hours across large parts of the city. Rand…
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Minister Mahlobo warns politicians to stay away from procurement
Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister David Mahlobo has urged politicians, and particularly local councillors, to stay away from procurement processes.…
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Lebogang Maile digs out positives from ConCourt loss to DA over Tshwane administration
Gauteng cooperative governance MEC Lebogang Maile is adamant that Monday’s Constitutional Court (ConCourt) judgment on the dissolution of the City…
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Water restored in Gauteng
Gauteng’s latest water crisis has been averted. Rand Water has been able to restore supply to most parts of Johannesburg…
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No damage to Snowden substation after veld fire, says Eskom
Eskom has clarified that its infrastructure at the Snowden substation has not suffered any damages. Rand Water has warned Gauteng…
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Rand Water loses 60% capacity at Zuikerbosch water treatment works
Gauteng is facing yet another water crisis. Rand Water has lost 60 percent of its production capacity at its Zuikerbosch…
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There will be little to no water at all in Gauteng and Rustenburg on Monday
Residents across Gauteng and Rustenburg can expect severely restricted water supply as a result of a power outage. Rand Water’s…
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Thirsty Joburg residents gatvol as water shortages continue
Gatvol residents from the south of Johannesburg protested outside Rand Water’s headquarters on Thursday. Residents of Linmeyer, Tulisa Park, Risana,…
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The areas affected by Joburg’s water restrictions today
Many parts of the City of Johannesburg continue to be affected by water restrictions imposed by Johannesburg Water. Johannesburg Water’s…
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Gauteng residents without water vow to continue protesting
Gauteng residents who have been without water for over a week are vowing to continue protesting. Their dry taps come…
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Gauteng communities struggle without water
Communities all over Gauteng are in distress over water woes. Last week, Rand Water issued a 20 percent water restriction…
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Joburg Water: Gauteng’s 20% water restrictions to continue
Johannesburg Water has issued a series of notices to Gauteng residents that its bulk water supplier, Rand Water, has been…
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Restrictions tightened in Gauteng due to high demand, says Joburg Water
Johannesburg Water on Friday said Rand Water had issued a “notice of 20% water restrictions to municipalities in Gauteng due…
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Rand Water implements stage 3 water restrictions in Tshwane
Rand Water has placed some parts of Tshwane on stage 3 water restrictions under regions 1, 3, and 4. The…
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Joburg Water rolls out tankers in areas affected by Eikenhof water cut
Joburg Water has said its monitoring water supply to hospitals and clinics in the Hursthill, Brixton, and Crosby areas following…
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Joburg Water: Slight improvement at Gauteng reservoirs affected by power cut
Joburg Water has said there had been a slight improvement in its reservoirs after a power failure at Rand Water’s…
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Water supply slowly restored in Ekurhuleni
Water supply has been restored to some parts of Ekurhuleni after residents had been without water since Sunday. This following…
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Gauteng supply to be restored by Sunday, says Rand Water
Rand Water says it’s gradually restoring water in areas affected by an explosion at Rand Water’s Palmiet Pump Station. It’s…
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Water shortage: Rand Water’s infrastructure failure affecting areas of Tshwane
Infrastructure failure in Rand Water’s Palmiet boosters pumping station has started affecting some residential areas north of Tshwane, leading the…
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Explosion leaves some GP residents with water shortages
The residents of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, and Tshwane will be affected by water shortages due to an explosion at one of…
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Residents in Gauteng facing water cuts
An explosion at the Palmiet water pumping station has left several suburbs in Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Tshwane facing water shortages.…
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Suburbs in 3 Gauteng metros face water shortages
Residents of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, and Tshwane will face water shortages. It follows the explosion of three motors that run Rand…
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Management calls for lasting solutions to water crisis at Helen Joseph Hospital
Management at Helen Joseph Hospital is on Wednesday calling for lasting solutions to solve the ongoing water crisis at the…
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Helen Joseph Hospital doesn’t meet cleanliness standards at the moment, says SAHRC
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) said that it was not satisfied with the standards of cleanliness at the…
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Some JHB residents left frustrated over unplanned power & water outages
Some residents of Johannesburg have been left frustrated after having to grapple with not having power and water supply. “Load…
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