Soshanguve and Lebanon residents face severe water crisis

RESIDENTS and small businesses in Soshanguve township and Lebanon in Mabopane, are still grappling with a severe water crisis, receiving minimal support from the municipality for alternative water sources.

- RAPULA MOATSHE

Distance Sithole, a salon worker in Soshanguve Block XX, said he struggled to get enough water, having to fetch it with a 20-litre bucket to wash clients, but it was inadequate.

He expressed concern that he might lose income since he could not predict when the water supply would be restored.

“It has been three days, and no one can tell us when the water will be restored,” he said, adding that a single bucket of water was not enough for the day, and he had no alternative plan to get more.

Next to Sithole’s salon is a bunny chow business, whose owner, who wished to remain anonymous, said she needs a lot of water daily to wash potatoes before frying them into chips.

“I am renting this space, and my landlord fetched water from Soshanguve Extension 4 with three 20-litre buckets this morning. I'm hoping it will last me the rest of the day,” she said.