By Rafieka Williams
City of Johannesburg officials appeared unable to give sufficient reasons for water outages when questioned by the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation on Friday.
The committee held a virtual briefing with Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero, Rand Water, and Joburg Water — the two entities responsible for water service delivery in the city.
Last week, residents of Coronationville, Westbury, and Westville, along with activists, staged protests demanding water. Clashes with police left several injured and one person dead.
Portfolio committee member Malebo Kobe, from ActionSA, criticised the city for failing to keep residents properly informed. “Johannesburg is fast approaching day zero and I think COJ and the mayor so far hasn’t done sufficient work in terms of communicating and driving that message across to communities,” she said.
She further accused the mayor of making promises with unrealistic deadlines when addressing residents in West Johannesburg, a point Morero
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