The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has rejected Johannesburg Water’s explanation that the city has an over-consumption issue. This as some Johannesburg residents take to social media to complain about sporadic water cuts across the city.
The Metro has a R27 billion backlog in infrastructure renewal and upgrades.
Water utility Rand Water says its systems are dropping fast as a result of extremely high-water consumption from customers in Gauteng. It says Johannesburg and Tshwane have the highest levels of consumption. Spokesperson Makenosi Maroo has warned that if no changes are made, the… pic.twitter.com/EiCTi4tenw
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The EFF has called on the water utility to come up with an emergency turnaround strategy.
The party’s Gauteng chairperson Nkululeko Dunga says: “This is not because residents are using too much water, it is because the infrastructure is old, dilapidated, and neglected. The city’s water pipes, reservoirs, and pump stations have been allowed to collapse due to poor maintenance, lack of investment, and the deployment of incompetent ANC cadres who are more interested in looting state resources than serving the people.”
Dunga adds: “The EFF in Gauteng rejects Joburg Water’s explanation of over-consumption as a lazy excuse for a complex problem that requires decisive, farsighted, and visionary leadership that truly cares about its people. The ongoing water shortages across multiple regions of the city of Johannesburg are the direct result of decades of incompetence, corruption, and neglect by different administrations in the municipality and the national government.”
🚨Media Statement🚨
WATER CONSUMPTION EXTREMELY HIGH‼️@JHBWater @CityTshwane @CityofJoburgZA @GautengProvince @GDCoGTA @DWS_RSA #RWWaterDemandManagement #RWWaterSupply #RWReduceConsumption#RWWaterSustainability #RWWaterConservation
[NS] pic.twitter.com/ACgEyno5Qf— Rand Water (@Rand_Water) February 12, 2025
