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What's behind Joburg's water crisis

Johannesburg lost 207 billion litres of water last year, enough to fill the Hillbrow Tower more than 5,000 times. Ratepayers paid R10-billion for water, and only R800-million of it went to fixing the pipes.

Watch · 06:55 26 September 2026