Residents of Protea Glen protest against lack of water

Residents of Protea Glen in the south of Johannesburg took to streets to protest against the lack of water in the area. The protest started early on Wednesday, with residents saying they’ve been without water for over a week.

Disgruntled community members took to the streets to protest against their taps running dry. They barricaded roads with stones and burning tyres.

“It’s been nine days now without water, and we are struggling, they have been busy saying they will bring trucks and its harder for some of us who have toilets inside the house. We are also sick and we survive on treatment, now how are we going to drink treatment without water,” a community member said

“All we ask for is for water to come back in our houses not the truck water that’s the only thing we are fighting for, because we don’t know where we they got that water from,” another community member explains.

Johannesburg Water is on-site, trying to fix a malfunctioning valve, that they say is disrupting water supply.

“Johannesburg Water explained to some of the community members in the area that they acknowledge the problems that they have but for now they are still on site to check. The water was supposed to come back at night but was paused and they don’t have any idea where exactly the water stopped. But they are still on site resolving the matter so the residents can have water,” says Bawinile Magwaza, Protea Glen Ward 13 councilor.

Residents say they will continue to protest until the issue is resolved.