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Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero.
Johannesburg Mayor, Dada Morero has reiterated his claim that rapid population growth and aging infrastructure are issues contributing to water supply problems.
Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation yesterday gave Morero and Joburg Water 14 days to present concrete solutions to the ongoing water supply disruptions.
Many residents say they have had enough of living without water.
Morero says funds have been allocated.
“That is why in the area of Coronationville of region B itself, we have put aside R800 million with an intention to deal with the historical infrastructure challenges that we have had. Because that area has been battling with water, not just now. It has been a historical issue. It should be that they don’t have water, maybe, as a result of water demand management, not on the basis of infrastructure,” he says.
Meanwhile, nonprofit organization WaterCAN, called for a tougher instrument that will ensure service delivery and hold underperforming municipality officials accountable when it comes to water supply.
WaterCAN project manager, Jonathan Erasmus, says there needs to be much more accountability for transparency, less political interference in Joburg administration.
“There needs to be much more accountability. Now, we always hear about consequence management. I think it’s just more syllables than actual action because we seem to hear it, but there never seems to be anything that follows. We also need our politicians to be hands off. In a way, there’s far too much interference taking place in the running of the administration. The really big one here is greater transparency. If anyone has ever tried to interact with Johannesburg’s website, you would get the sense that transparency is really not high up on its list. At the very basic level, we need to have much more information there,” says Erasmus.
The @DadaMorero @CityofJoburgZA is here in Kensington. Thw community WANTS solutions Mr Mayor!!🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 #WaterJustice #waterislife @AhmedKathradaF @ForDemocracySa #WaterCrisisCommittee pic.twitter.com/m8q2HLMCfF
— WaterCAN (@WaterCANsa) September 19, 2025
