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Johannesburg, Soweto Run Out of Water as South Africa’s Utilities Face Collapse
Breitbart ^ | 03/18/2024 | JOEL B. POLLAK

Posted on 03/18/2024 6:48:50 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Johannesburg and the large township of Soweto nearby have been forced to endure several days without water as electricity problems have knocked out pumping stations and a late summer heat wave has strained reservoirs.

Residents have been forced to rely on bottled water as local utilities have turned down water pressure, or turned off water completely. And outside Johannesburg’s wealthier, leafy suburbs, spare water has been in short supply.

South Africa’s Daily Maverick reported:

On Sunday, 17 March, Johannesburg Water said the system remained under “severe strain”, and the bulk supplier, Rand Water, warned that its system faced imminent collapse. Many taps are still as dry as a bone.

The water cuts, low pressure and throttling affect the entire system; only some areas have regular supplies. Large parts of Soweto had dry taps and residents reported that local shops ran out of bottled water or could not afford to buy more. Johannesburg Water has between 25 and 28 water tankers – insufficient for the scale of the crisis.

Rand Water says the heatwave is driving the crisis, as its water demand chart shows. Southern Africa is facing its hottest February and March. … The weather is a factor, but Johannesburg generally has hot summers which are predictable for water planners.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; collapse; johannesburg; soweto; utilities; water
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Didn’t seem to have this problem years ago.


61 posted on 03/18/2024 8:34:51 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: gibsonguy

“...obscure lyric...”

LOL, not “obscure” to me....


62 posted on 03/18/2024 8:40:41 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: ChicagoConservative27

DEI? Yeah, plus tribals will be tribals. Same thing happens on US indian reservations: to the victorious clans go the $poil$, and to hell w/ those nasty little infrastructure thingies.

Get out the pen and phone, call for whitey (plus whine for more $$), bring whitey in to fix things, then kick them the hell out. Rinse, repeat.


63 posted on 03/18/2024 8:42:12 AM PDT by Migraine ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Good thing they got rid of all the competent white men or things would be really bad.

L


64 posted on 03/18/2024 8:45:21 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: dfwgator

“Other than the water and the sewer system, what have the white people ever done for us?”

“Well they took care of crime. Used to be you couldn’t walk the streets at night.”

L


65 posted on 03/18/2024 8:47:38 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: rovenstinez

“ WE ALL NEED EACH OTHER.”

No, we don’t.

L


66 posted on 03/18/2024 8:48:24 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: marktwain

82.6% black.


67 posted on 03/18/2024 8:49:27 AM PDT by tnlibertarian
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Providing clean water is racist.


68 posted on 03/18/2024 8:54:36 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Maskot

“I’m sure Joementia will be flying them all over here for ‘humanitarian’ reasons”

And giving them “jobs” maintaining our infrastructure.


69 posted on 03/18/2024 8:55:13 AM PDT by csn vinnie
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To: dfwgator

Monty Python... love it!


70 posted on 03/18/2024 9:04:27 AM PDT by Joe Warren
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To: gibsonguy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uugCEibK1Q


71 posted on 03/18/2024 9:38:16 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

LOL, not “obscure” to me....“

True for me too. You, Dfwgator and l have our own mainstream.


72 posted on 03/18/2024 9:39:25 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: gibsonguy

Indeed.


73 posted on 03/18/2024 9:49:51 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Where have I heard about this before? Was it Jackson, Mississippi? Now what do Jackson and Johannesburg have in common? What could it be? Inquiring minds want to know but what good would it do them anyway?

What other once thriving white run cities can you think of that failed and why do you think that happened? I have worked and lived in Lagos and Luanda. Both were once relatively nice cities. Certainly not now. I wonder what happened to them?

74 posted on 03/18/2024 9:57:37 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance)
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To: PGR88
Maybe U2 can write a song about it.

Dryparthied

75 posted on 03/18/2024 10:32:15 AM PDT by Theophilus (covfefe)
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To: V_TWIN
I just fear for the Whites that still have to live in that hell hole

They are now just another tribe in that fractious nation, just like the Ndebele, Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, etc...

They need their own homeland.

76 posted on 03/18/2024 11:01:05 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: PGR88

“They need their own homeland”

The way it was explained to me by another Freeper with family there is that even if they want to leave they are restricted from exodus by some sort of ill-conceived lottery system.

So basically they are being made to stay to be punished......that’s the way I see it anyway.


77 posted on 03/18/2024 11:15:25 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: escapefromboston

BTTT


78 posted on 03/18/2024 11:34:40 AM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (Biden/Harris events are called dodo ops)
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To: csn vinnie

Yup! Cuz their own infrastructure is amazing! 🙄


79 posted on 03/18/2024 4:16:57 PM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

UniParty scheme ...to get more “refugee” voters into Red counties


80 posted on 03/18/2024 4:19:55 PM PDT by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
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