PRETORIA - Residents in the City of Tshwane are pleading for clean running water and for the lights to stay on in their neighbourhoods.Rand Water restricted supply after the recent heatwave and rampant power cuts wreaked havoc on its infrastructure.This left a growing list of areas, including Mamelodi, Atteridgeville, Mooikloof, Centurion, and Mabopane, without water for over four days straight.
One nurse, who spoke to Eyewitness News on condition of anonymity, said that there were fears that the water cuts could lead to the spread of infections at the health facility.With no reprieve in sight, residents, and business owners in Soshanguve said they were bearing the brunt of a country in crisis.
Molewa Butchery in Soshanguve, a family business, is one of the businesses being threatened by the ongoing power crisis.The owner couldn’t hide his frustration, saying the cost of diesel,alone could sink the business.“It’s a disaster, especially for businesses like butcheries because people need fresh meat.”
Unforgivable.
Pleading won't help, voting right will.
Not just there. The whole of Gauteng. Ekurhuleni has water for maybe 1 hour a day in many areas. Randwater needs to be investigated.
Soon, people will be begging for anything, including leaving the country. At least 'black people' can be criticized it was a bad idea to appoint a white person to lead Eskom.