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‘We are really desperate for water. Most of us here are unemployed and when the tank is empty, we [must] buy five litres of water from the shops for R6’ – resident.
Nearly 90% of the water leak backlog in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has been repaired. But fed-up community members say repairs are only a short-term solution to a worsening water crisis.