Broken water pipeline (copyright by Shutterstock/RosnaniMusa)
Customers in the north eastern part of South Africa, not far from the Zimbabwean and Mozambique borders, are experiencing disruptions to their water supplies, owing to damage of the mains water pipeline linking the Dan Reservoirs with the Nkowankowa Water Treatment Plant. Because of this, in recent days, customers in the following population centres including Nkowankowa, Dan, Mariveni, Mohlaba, Mhlaba Cross Sasekani, Rita (Khopo) and Khujwana have experienced water shortages. Consequently, in an effort to maintain supplies, the Greater Tzaneen Municipality, the local authority responsible for the region, has despatched water tankers to the affected areas.