After issuing an alert for Komani and Tarkastad residents to boil water before consumption, the Chris Hani District Municipality announced that as of Tuesday the alert has been indefinitely suspended. CHDM spokesperson Bulelwa Ganyaza…
Carrying a 20ltr container up and down a hill is no task for an old woman. “Our backs hurt. We do not have wheelbarrows and have to carry these buckets on our heads. The trip over the hillock is difficult for some of us to make at this…
Scattered rainfalls and snow that fell in Eastern Cape Province in the previous weeks have made a positive impact on the improvement of the province’s water levels this week at an average of 52.9% compared to 52.7% last week. However,…
The Chris Hani District Municipality (CHDM) plans to cut off water provision for government departments that owe a combined R78m, a matter that also negatively affects the budget of the institution as it struggles to meet its revenue…
The department of water and sanitation has scaled up the delivery of water tanks and water via tanker trucks to communities across the Eastern Cape to aid in the fight against the spread of Covid-19. Department spokesperson Sputnik Ratau…
Chris Hani District Municipality mayor, Wongama Gela, said the amount committed by minister Lindiwe Sisulu was a drop in the ocean compared with what was needed by the region for drought relief. The human settlements, water and sanitation…
The Chris Hani District Municipality (CHDM) executive mayor met The Rep reporters today to give information about the water situation in the area, and plans to alleviate water outages in affected areas. Story in The Rep on Friday Picture:…
Residents of Rhodana village in Cacadu say they have been reduced to drinking water from a river with cows. They say the village has been without water for nearly eight months after an upgrade to their water scheme by Chris Hani District…
Disaster relief organisation Gift of the Givers came to the rescue on Tuesday as Komani went seven days without water due to extremely low levels at the Waterdown Dam. Local businesses have been hit hard resulting in some shutting their…
The Chris Hani District Municipality has warned residents in Komani and surrounding areas to brace themselves for more frequent and stringent water cuts. This because of the disastrous drought that has reduced the level of the Waterdown…
Villagers in Mcungco near Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape have gone for weeks without clean drinking water‚ and Chris Hani District Municipality says it will be another month before tap water is restored. According to ward councillor…
Chris Hani District Municipality communication officer Lonwabo Kowa has indicated the water problems that affected Cradock, except high lying areas such as Besig and Michausdal was restored on Wednesday. Kowa said the two areas which were…
A failure at the McEwans pump station last night has led to a water outage in much of Komani, Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality (EMLM) has warned. EMLM spokesman Gcobani Msindwana said the fault had been repaired but low water levels in…
The Chris Hani District Municipality (CHDM) has indicated that Eskom is busy finishing up the energizing of the Xonxa Dam pipeline system and that low voltage testing has been done. CHDM spokesman Thobeka Mqamelo said a meeting was held…
