Johannesburg Water To Shut Water for 13 Suburbs for 21 Hours

Johannesburg Water To Shut Water for 13 Suburbs for 21 Hours

  • Johannesburg Water will implement water shedding for almost 24 hours for suburbs in Johannesburg
  • The purpose of the shutdown is to fix leaking pipe fittings, and the water supply will be cut off in the evening
  • South Africans were relieved, even though they would spend more than 15 hours without water because of the maintenance
  • ActionSA Johannesburg's spokesperson, Khomo Mashala, spoke to Briefly News about the pipes

Tebogo Mokwena, Briefly News's current affairs journalist, offered coverage of current affairs like food, energy, loadshedding, fuel prices and environmental affairs during his seven years at Daily Sun and Vutivi Business News.

Johannesburg Water will cut water supply for more than five suburbs in Soweto for maintenance
Johannesburg Water will be conducting maintenance on leaked pipes. Images: @JHBWater/X and Thomas Janisch/ Getty Images
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JOHANNESBURG — Johannesburg residents have been warned to buckle up for 21 hours without water.

Water shedding in Johannesburg

According to The South African, Johannesburg Water announced that five suburbs will experience a 21-hour water cut from 6 pm on the evening of 19 November 2024 to the following day. The City will be fixing and maintaining leaking pipe fittings. The suburbs include Jabulani, Zola South, Moletsane, Jabavu Central, White City, Tladi, Morka, Senaonae, Dhlamini, Mofolo, Rockville, Moroka and parts of Chiawelo and Dube.

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Water pressure will also be reduced nightly from 7 pm to 4 am to restore dwindling reservoir levels. The Minister of Water and Sanitation, Pammy Majodina, said the province consumes 60% above the global water average daily. She said although Johannesburg still has water, infrastructure must be maintained.

ActionSA Joburg speaks to Briefly News

Khomo Mashala, ActionSA Joburg Caucus's spokesperson, told Briefly News that Joburg Water takes a long time to fix water leaks and pipe bursts, and sometimes it doesn't fix leaking pipes. She also said residents vandalise water infrastructure to wash cars and taxis.

"A limited access to safe drinking water exposes populations to various waterborne diseases such as diarrhoea, typhoid and cholera. It's a burden on poor households with additional costs as the need to purchase water rises," she said.

She remarked that the water issues in Johannesburg can be solved by upgrading the water infrastructure to minimise water loss, setting and enforcing clear water-use regulations for industries, businesses, and households, and working towards building water management services into the infrastructure.

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South Africans weigh in

Below are some of the comments South Africans left on Facebook.

Denise Du Plessis Verwey said:

"It's not because of the people's usage. I drive past leaking water pipes daily that we have to report to the council to fix. I suppose basic maintenance was not done by municipalities."

Papie Papzn said:

"Viva ANC, viva."

Gauteng water crisis can be addressed

In a related article, Briefly News reported that an expert said the Gauteng water crisis can be resolved.

Professor Anthony Turton said that the water crisis in Gauteng is caused by poor infrastructure and municipalities losing water.

Turton said the province could resolve the issue if all parties involved stopped blaming-shifting. He also revealed that the Integrated Vaal system will be under pressure for four years.

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Tebogo Mokwena (Current Affairs editor) Tebogo Mokwena is a Current Affairs Editor at Briefly News. He has a Diploma in Journalism from ALISON. He joined Daily Sun, where he worked for 4 years covering politics, crime, entertainment, current affairs, policy, governance and art. He was also a sub-editor and journalist for Capricorn Post before joining Vutivi Business News in 2020, where he covered small business news policy and governance, analysis and profiles. He joined Briefly News in 2023. Tebogo passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative Email: tebogo.mokwena@briefly.co.za

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