DRY CITY: Four days, four protests — Desperate Joburg residents hit the streets over water cuts

Source: Daily Maverick · 2026-10-27T21:17:50.000Z · World

At a home for disabled residents, dirty linen and nappies piled up during a five-day water outage. Elsewhere, desperate residents are illegally breaking open fire hydrants, private water sales have prompted a warning and protests are spreading as Johannesburg also battles electricity and refuse-collection failures.

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