In Parliament today for a big finance agenda: ✅ Tax bills (Tax Administration & Taxation Laws Amendment) ✅ Special Appropriation Bill ✅ 2025 MTBPS ✅ Adjustments Appropriation Bill Budgets aren’t speeches - they’re choices that determine delivery (including water &

I asked DWS what each metro has spent on water tanker services and tanker vehicles (past 3 financial years + since 1 April 2025). Their reply: DWS doesn’t provide tankers on behalf of municipalities. That’s not what I asked. Residents deserve a transparent metro-by-metro tanker

Non-revenue water (NRW) shows how much treated water municipalities never earn income from - because of leaks, theft, metering failures and unbilled use. Here’s how South Africa’s major metros compare against the national target of <25%. The differences are not small - and they

Rand Water’s Eikenhof maintenance (6–8 Jan) is understandably making Joburg anxious. But planned maintenance is how you prevent bigger failures in bulk systems. Expect: reduced supply, reservoirs dropping in some areas, and recovery taking days - not hours. (1/5)

SA’s national NRW is around 47% (2023). That’s water treated and pumped, but not recovered through billing/revenue. (1/5)

Non-Revenue Water (NRW) is water that’s produced and pumped into the network, but never paid for - due to leaks, bursts, faulty meters, and illegal connections. High NRW means less reliable supply, more outages, and higher costs. What else would you lie to know about NRW?

In 2026 I’m planning to post daily: • What I’m doing in Parliament on Water & Sanitation • Simple explainers (NRW, Blue/Green Drop, Water availability) • How water works in different places • Constituency work in Katlehong If there’s a South African water topic you want

The yellow line represents pumped volumes (4786 Ml/d) on average. This is the water that Rand Water produces and pumps. The blue line represents the volumes which reach the customers (4560 Ml/d on average).

FYI: The Resources page now contains full ANC/DA data (all 8 metros), nationally, by metro, as well as consolidated data for: 1. Party Performances 2. Comparative Performances 3. Turnout 4. Turnout Differentials 5. ANC Turnout 6. DA Turnout 7. Trade-Offs https://t.co/9RxnkIuhmk

🚨 Johannesburg Water is being drained dry by the City's failing finances, leaving the utility without the R4 billion it’s owed. The DA calls for phased ring-fencing to protect cash, pay suppliers on time, and get critical water infrastructure on track. https://t.co/ZCr504JwlJ

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Spent my day in my constituency working with our passionate activists. Our DA Katlehong branches are actively growing, recruiting members, having AGMs, engaging communities on issues and being a part of building a better Katlehong. #ForwardTo2026!

Working this morning in Credi Section in Katlehong Ward 50 in the City of Ekurhuleni with Cllr @lucky_dinake and our team of awesomeness activists. We are growing and working towards our AGM in this area and across Katlehong. The DA is growing!

Earlier today I joined Cllr @KyleDJacobs at the Brixton Reservoir & Tower. Brixton has faced a growing water challenge for the past month — and now high-lying areas are running dry. 🎥👇 (1/5)

I was not impressed with Mayor Dada Morero’s responses in committee today. Full session linked in comments so you can judge for yourself. My view: Not enough resources are being committed to address the crisis. Worse water outages are coming as summer heat and demand rise.

Joburg's Mayor and MD Joburg Water to appear this Friday in front of Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Water and Sanitation. On Friday, 19 September at 09:00, the Executive Mayor of Johannesburg, Cllr Dada Morero, and the MD of Johannesburg Water will appear before

💧 24 Days Without Water I met with residents in Kensington and Berea — communities supplied by the Alexander Park and Berea reservoirs. Some families have now gone 24 days in a row without water. And the Gauteng Water Crisis is only just beginning. In Olivedale today, I found

One of the primary drivers of the current water challenges across Gauteng is the significant increase in water usage by the City of Tshwane (CoT) over the past few weeks. Normally the CoT uses around 800 megalitres (million litres) of water from the Rand Water system every day.

I visited a massive leak in Bryanston, Johannesburg, just now. The water crisis is now beyond the Commando system, affecting parts of Joburg from the North, West and South. In Tshwane, technical issues at two major works have pushed record consumption from Rand Water, their

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