The City of Tshwane was ordered to pay back by Friday wages it deducted from more than 60 workers it accused of taking part in an unprotected strike for several weeks.
Gauteng has a shortage of environmental health inspectors so dire that in Joburg, there is one official responsible for checking food sold to every 26,000 people.
City spokesperson Lindela Mashigo said the flooding occurred when the water utility was fixing a major water leak on the B8 pipeline from Zuikerbosch water treatment plant to the Mapleton booster pumping station on Wednesday