WATER and Sanitation Minister, Senzo Mchunu, has encouraged Rand Water to continue communicating planned maintenance of water infrastructure to residents.
Mchunu’s call follows the allegations made by the Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng which accused Rand Water of being incompetent and failing to provide water tankers during planned maintenance, amongst others.
“They [Rand Water] are not incompetent, they are competent and they are efficient,” Mchunu said at a media briefing on Tuesday.
He acknowledged that the country experiences water outages due to various reasons, including water bursts and maintenance.
“It is more localised, it is more in relation to local municipalities. The tankers that are supposed to be the basis for a campaign against Rand Water, has nothing to do with Rand Water. They have everything to do where necessary, with local municipalities.
“We are here to make it clear that from where we sit, Rand Water is competent, they
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