Civil society body calls for Joburg’s water crisis to be declared a national disaster
Daily Maverick | 09.02.2026 00:50
The Water Crisis Committee marched to the head offices of Johannesburg Water in Newtown on Sunday, 8 February, to demand that the government declare Johannesburg’s worsening water crisis a national disaster. Included in the civil society organisation’s demands were calls for greater direct communication from Johannesburg Water and Rand Water to consumers, and tighter water restrictions.
