Water cuts
City of Tshwane says technicians working to restore water to affected areas
Hotels, retirement villages, and schools were affected by the seven-day long water outage.
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‘Use water sparingly’: Capetonians warned power cuts could impact water supply
The City said load shedding of this severity would likely constrain its ability to provide water supply in the reticulation system across Cape Town.
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Makana Municipality restores water after 'sabotage' act
Municipality’s Mayor Mzukisi Mpahlwa said repair work was completed on Friday.
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Makana municipality suspects sabotage as residents continue to go without water
Residents living on the East of Makhanda have been without water since last week and were calling on government to urgently address the matter.
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Maintenance to disrupt Tshwane water supply on Thursday
The city has urged those in affected areas, including Montana Park Extension 112, Bronkhorstspruit CBD, Zithobeni, eNkangala and the Thembisile Hani Local Municipality, to store enough water.
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Municipality blames customers for its failure to pay water bill
The Mopani District Municipality in Limpopo is R520 million in the red, ranking in the top five of councils who have not been paying for water supply.
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Defaulting municipalities given 2 months to pay bills or face water cuts
The Water and Sanitation Department says its owed R10.7 billion by the defaulting municipalities.
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[OPINION] How Cape Town can win support for the next round of water cuts
Unless Cape Town has a miraculously wet spring, the summer of 2018 seems set to achieve some unfortunate new records.
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Ormonde Primary remains closed due to water cuts, parents frustrated
This is the third day the school has been shut down due to a water cut.
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City of CT carries out blitz to curb water wastage
In one instance a man was fined R2,000 for hosing down a concrete surface with potable water.
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Dunoon will have no running water until 4pm
Water tankers have been sent to various points in the area after a water leak resulted in water cuts.
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Water restored to some JHB, PTA areas with more warnings of water cuts
Several dams and reservoirs in Gauteng are running low this weekend affecting water supply in several areas.
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‘Dams across SA could take 5 years to refill’
Southern Africa has been affected by a severe drought that prompted water restrictions by various municipalities.
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Pipe burst leaves Randburg area without water
The burst led to flooding on the corner of Republic Road and Judges Avenue.
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Joburg Water to start issuing fines to water wasters
Earlier this month, the utility enforced restrictions in a bid to encourage residents to use water sparingly.
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Joburg Water restores water in Morningside
The area had been without water for two days after planned maintenance work led to problems in supply.
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CT calls for more creative water consumption, dam levels fail to recover
While level 2 water restrictions have been implemented, it's emerged local dams are significantly less full.
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'It’s time to start thinking of water as a business risk'
University of the Free State Professor Dr Anthony Turton chats to The Money Show’s Bruce Whitfield about the water crisis in South Africa.
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Marlboro testing station closed due to water cuts
This is the second licensing station in Johannesburg to be closed in two weeks due water cuts.
