[TOP STORY] Joburg’s possible dry Christmas: The 86-hour water shutdown explained

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‘If they're going to shut water down completely for 86 hours, with no additional pumping capacity happening intermittently while they're doing that maintenance, it is going to take two weeks to recover,’ says Councillor Nicole van Dyk.

4 Dec 2024 9AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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