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WaterCAN has called on government to urgently intervene in the escalating water crisis in various parts of Johannesburg and the greater province of Gauteng. This as large parts have been without water for days, wish some reportedly enduring outages of up to 10 days. Executive Director of WaterCAN, Dr Ferrial Adam warns that government should not mistake people's patience for acceptance adding that residents don't need another press release but simple a basic service of water. Dr Adam says the water crisis is not lending with City officials...
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