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R10bn urgently needed to fix Joburgâs crumbling roads (opens the original)
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With a R10bn budget and ringfenced financing, the city could overhaul its decaying road network and avoid harming the countryâs economic heart, says Johannesburg Roads Agency CEO Zweli Nyathi. Deteriorating roads and failing bridges across Johannesburg urgently require a R10-billion capital boost and ringfenced municipal budgeting for resurfacing and repairs. Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) CEO Zweli Nyathi warned that unchecked heavy freight and aging infrastructure threaten both public safet
Joburgâs public pool crisis: Safety excuse masks years of neglect (opens the original)
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City blames safety compliance for postponing Johannesburgâs public swimming season to 1 October, while communities criticise staffing, maintenance failures and neglected pools across the city. If you are planning to start your swimming season at a municipal pool this month, pack away the towels and the sunscreen. Pools will open only on 1 October. Barely a day before the cityâs municipal pools were supposed to open for the 2026/27 swimming season, the department of community development rele
Pikitup in deep financial distress as trucks, staff and money run short (opens the original)
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Pikitup is under growing financial pressure as ageing trucks, staff shortages and unpaid bills take their toll. The strain is increasingly visible in Johannesburgâs waste collection and mounting rubbish backlogs. Three of Johannesburgâs most public-facing entities, and the ones that make a real difference to the lives of city residents, are in deep financial trouble. Johannesburg Water and City Powerâs financial woes are well known, but in the latest Pikitup quarterly report to the City co
City drains R3.4bn from Johannesburg Water, leaving entity stranded and projects stalled (opens the original)
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A financial raid by the City of Johannesburg depletes Johannesburg Waterâs funds, halting critical services and prompting demands for accountability from civil society groups. On the last day of June, the City of Johannesburg took R3.4-billion out of Johannesburg Waterâs (JWâs) account â leaving the entity with a balance of zero. Only on 9 July was money from the ringfenced funding transferred back into the account. The Cityâs sweep left JW unable to settle R1.8-billion in creditor deb
Joburg braces for another water maintenance shutdown â what you need to know (opens the original)
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Johannesburg residents brace for another maintenance shutdown this Friday, 17 July 2026, as crucial water supply systems face reduced pressure and possible shortages across numerous communities. This Friday, the second round of Rand Water and Eskom maintenance will take place, and residents need to prepare, given that the last maintenance operations resulted in no water for several weeks in communities across the city. Joburg Executive Mayor Dada Morero said the second phase of Rand Waterâs ma
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