South Africa Faces Water Crisis Over Unpaid Debts: City Press
- Two water agencies serving almost 8 million people may fail
- Some municipalities started water limitation until March 2025
A water treatment plant in Pretoria.
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South Africa faces worsening water supply problems due to rising municipal debt and failing infrastructure, City Press reported, citing Deputy Water and Sanitation Minister David Mahlobo.
A number of the nation’s water agencies “will never make it to next March if these debts are not paid”, and may close down, Mahlobo told the Johannesburg-based news site. “In our case, they are owing the water boards because water boards give them the bulk water supply.”