Johannesburg residents have been advised to store water two days before a planned 40-hour water shutdown by Rand Water, the bulk water supplier. The shutdown is necessary for upgrades to Rand Water’s Eikenhof pump station and will take place from July 11th to July 13th.
A group of senior scientists in South Africa has issued a warning about the failing water and sanitation infrastructure in the country, citing a collapse of water treatment works that could lead to multiple health and environmental emergencies.
In Hammanskraal, South Africa, 23 residents have died from cholera since May 2023. Poor water quality was initially assumed to be the cause of the outbreak.