Free State residents left without water for 12 days after municipalities fail to pay BloemWater
The towns of Welkom, Matjhabeng, Bothaville, Nala, and the Moqhaka municipality have been facing days without water after not being able to pay Sedibeng water. Some clinics in Mangaung were forced to close as severe water shortages continued to wreak havoc on primary health centres. BloemWater was forced to implement water cuts after not being paid an agreed amount of 20 million rand a month. Udo Carelse spoke to a resident of Riebeeckstad, Brian Emmenis.
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