Tshwane residents face ongoing water shortages

SOME Tshwane residents are still without water days after Rand Water maintenance caused widespread outages, with some areas experiencing severe water shortages.

- RAPULA MOATSHE

Despite the water utility's infrastructure maintenance being concluded, residents in Soshanguve Block UU, Block L, Block VV, and WW are still struggling to access water.

The affected areas, which rely on the Soshanguve Block L reservoir, have been left stranded, with residents forced to wait in queues to fill up empty buckets with water from municipal water tankers.

Previously, Deputy Mayor Eugene Modise explained that historically, the city had problems with the Block L reservoir, which is located in the high-lying areas.

Residents are furious, alleging that the municipality is prioritising tankers over taps, allowing officials to profit from the crisis.

"I believe the problem is deliberately caused by those who own the water tankers, as they stand to profit from distributing water to residents during shortages," said a car wash owner, James Baloyi.

He expressed concern that he was losing income as he could not do anything without water.