Many areas in the West Rand municipality have been without water for at least five days due to the slow restoration of reservoirs.
JOHANNESBURG - Old age homes and healthcare facilities are just some of the places affected by the prolonged water outages in parts of Mogale City.
Mogale City ward 21 councillor Lynette du Toit said that her area had a hospital, medical rooms and an old age home that housed 2,000 elderly people.Du Toit said that private organisations had stepped in to fill the gap. She said their water provisions have run out and private organisations have stepped in to assist. TCG pic.twitter.com/zydVybGHaM
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