When residents turn on the tap, many see only a few drops emerge, or brown water sputters out. Some are spending hours waiting in line to collect bottled water.
Large parts of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Tshwane are expected to be hit with an 87-hour water outage to allow Rand Water to carry out maintenance work on the key B16 pipeline from Friday until Tuesday next week.
Moving to Barcelona: A guide to the best neighbourhoods to live in thelocal.es - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thelocal.es Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Rand Water said water supply will be disrupted in Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, and Tshwane for 87 hours over the weekend. At the same time, residents have been warned by Eskom to check their rosters, as stage two load shedding has been extended.