Water Update
Chief Albert Luthuli The pipeline at Eesterhoek Water Treatment Works was repaired and the blockage cleared. As a result, water supply was restored to affected areas (Nhlazatshe 1–5, Wards 16,…
Water Update around SA
Gauteng Some of Joburg’s residents who have been protesting released “The People’s report” on Friday. They wrote “Joburg Water, Gauteng municipalities, and government leaders have utterly failed the people of…
Water to be released from Wriggleswade to Nahoon dam
People living on the banks of the Inkobongo and Nahoon Rivers are urged not to hang around the water bodies from Monday, the 16th February 2026. This is because Amatola…
Borehole to supply 114 homes in rural Ezigebengwini
One borehole in Ward 14, part of the uThukela District, will be supplying water to the Hobsland community (Ezigebengwini). About 114 households are set to receive water, and 10 jobs…
Some of Tshwane’s reservoirs are empty, Government onto “war room”
A “war room” was established by the Gauteng Government to tackle water shortages. This follows visits this week, to various areas in the Province, including the Midrand Depot, Ekurhuleni, Tshwane…
Lobishe visits the Kelvin Jones Water Treatment Works
Babalwa Lobishe, Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, conducted an oversight visit to the Kelvin Jones Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW) in Kariega on Tuesday. The plant processes an estimated 24…
Employees of JW have downed tools
Employees of Joburg Water (JW) have downed tools amidst concerns of constrained resources. JW confirmed its employees are on strike involving the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU). The entity’s…
Could the Rietvlei plant be coming back onstream?
David Mahlobo, Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation alongside Dr Nasiphi Moya, the Mayor of Tshwane and Franc Boshielo, MMC responsible for Utility Service, are at the Rietvlei Water Treatment…
Joburg Water says Midrand systems are improving
Jacob Mamabolo, the MEC for Gauteng Department of Cooperative Governance, Traditional Affairs and Infrastructure Development, led a site visit to Midrand on Monday. Mamabolo was flanked by Johannesburg Water (JW)…
Little to no water in areas supplied by the Commando system
Reservoirs in the Commando system are low, providing little, to no water, to residents. Johannesburg Water said in an update on Sunday, that five reservoirs are low, including Crosby, Brixton,…