For Northern area residents battling ongoing water outages, this weekend’s heavy downpours was their only reliable water source, which they collected in bucketfuls.
Residents are furious over the ongoing water outages they have been facing daily since last week. One of the main reasons for the outages is burst pipes due to the ageing infrastructure.
However, ward councillors and residents said that despite repairs being completed over the weekend, the valves were not reopened, leading to unnecessarily prolonged outages.
