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6th November 2026

By: Darlene Creamer

     

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Regular, and often protracted, water disruptions have rapidly displaced electricity as the main service-delivery problem confronting households and businesses. And the severe gastrointestinal illness experienced by some Bronkhorstspruit residents recently has also highlighted the contamination risks associated with mismanagement. That said, the poor state of electricity distribution networks means that some areas now often have to contend with both water and power outages – sometimes simultaneously.

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