RC 261020Kaya 959Phemelo Motene
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Bronkhorstspruit's water crisis dominated the evening, with residents told not to drink tap water, chlorine shortages blamed on negligence, and Watercan calling for accountability.
- 21:14
Bronkhorstspruit residents were told not to drink tap water as the water crisis worsened, and a local councillor says over 400 people were affected.
- 21:23
Watercan's Nomsa Daile says the municipality knew it had no chlorine since September and stayed quiet, calling it negligence that someone must be held accountable for.
- 21:12
The local councillor says chlorine prices spiked sharply during the shortage, with only two suppliers in the region, and enough chlorine has now been delivered to the treatment plant.
- 21:52
Former national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya was denied bail, with the magistrate saying he violated the principles he was meant to uphold as a police officer.