Chairperson says Rand Water does not implement planned or emergency water cuts without informing local municipalities, which relay the message to residents in affected areas.
Rand Water chairperson Adv Matshidiso Hashatse says water cuts are part of the service’s operations to ensure it functions optimally.Advocate Matshidiso Hashatse, chairperson of Rand Water, said on Tuesday there is nothing sinister about the implementation of planned water cuts, and they are part of the service’s operations to ensure it functions optimally.
Hashatse said Rand Water does not implement planned or emergency water cuts without informing local municipalities, which the message to residents in affected areas. “Being a bulk provider, we are not responsible for reticulation. We purify the water and get it to your municipality. The municipality is then responsible for local distribution and reticulation of water. We don’t enter into the space of water tankers. That is the role of municipalities,” she said. “They are lying to the public. Rand Water are not incompetent. They are competent and we are here to support them.
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