Pressure is mounting on the Buffalo City Metro over recurring water outages, with residents, businesses and political leaders warning of serious economic and social consequences. The outages have affected multiple suburbs, at times leaving residentswithout water for daysand disrupting homes, schools and businesses. Some businesses and institutions have been forced to close temporarily because of thesupply disruptions.
The suburbs affected by the latest outages in KuGompo City on Monday included Amalinda, Berea, Vincent and Beacon Bay. Water was restored to parts of Gonubie, but some sections remained without a supply. A high school in Vincent where the taps ran dry had to use water from its swimming pool to keep toilets operational.
A Vincent resident said while his water supply had been restored, “the quality is terrible”. In Amalinda, the outage followed protests over prolonged electricity disruptions. Beacon Bay Ratepayers’ Association chair Scott Roebert said residents were increasingly frustrated by poor service delivery.
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“We don’t want our municipalities to be political organisations,” Roebert said. “We want them to be organisations with a foundational base of service delivery so that we can enjoy living in the cities that we pay our rates to. “The murmurs around water-shedding are unacceptable, to say the least.”
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