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Mamre and Mitchells Plain residents advised of water outages
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Cape Town - Mitchells Plain and Mamre residents have been advised of water outages within their area over the coming days as the Cityâs Water and Sanitation Department carries out infrastructure maintenance.
Water supply in the Mamre area will be affected as the department will be installing a smart pressure-reducing valve on the main water supply on Wednesday, 7 April.
This will result in the disruption of the water supply from 11am until 5pm, affecting residents located between Charel Uys Drive and Silverstream Road.
âThis work should help reduce the likelihood of leaks and pipe bursts in the affected area in future. Smart pressure-reducing valves help prevent pressure fluctuation in the Cityâs water network, which can weaken pipes over time,â the City said.
The City of Cape Town said it estimated that the operating costs, including repairs and hiring of mobile equipment to minimise sewer overflows, could cost approximately R30 million.
Tashreeq Perry has been nicknamed “the doula guy”, in his community, but he does not have any formal medical training, apart from a level 3 first-aid certificate (Photo: Supplied)
There
are probably not many men who can say they helped their moms deliver their baby
brothers, but Tashreeq Perry is proud to be one of them.
He
remembers that day as if it was yesterday, when he was woken by his mother’s
agonised screams.
“She
told me she was in labour,” he tells us, adding that his mom, Washiela Charles,
“was in so much pain, that at first, I panicked”.
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