Tag Archives: Water Supply

Water crisis: Borehole business boom

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintStephen Tau, The Citizen, 1 June 2023 While Eskom battles to keep the lights on, water is fast becoming South Africa’s next national crisis. Read More

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Water prices have tripled in the past decade

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintThe Citizen, 19 May 2023 While most of the attention has been on the skyrocketing cost of electricity, especially as load shedding has become a near-permanent feature of daily life, the price households are paying for water has increased by … Continue reading

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Joburg to cut off water, lights

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintKoena Mashale, Sowetan Live, 11 May 2023 The City of Johannesburg has given businesses that owe the municipality for services until next week to pay or face electricity or water cuts. Read More

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Parly Committee calls for speedy resolution to Makhanda water crisis

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintLauren Isaacs, Eyewitness News, 10 May 2023 Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has called for a speedy resolution to the decade-long water crisis in Makhanda. Read More

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Parts of Pretoria East without water due to power failures

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintCitizen Reporter, 9 May 2023 Multiple power failures at the Mapleton booster pumping station resulted in some parts of Pretoria East being without water. Read More

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‘Capacity exceeds demand’ in Hammanskraal as water woes continue unabated

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintNdaedzo  Nethonzhe, Eyewitness News, 8 May 2023 There seems to be no end in sight to the water problems in Hammanskraal. Read More

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