RC 261026Kaya 959Phemelo Motene
Monday, 26 October 2026
Dominated by ANC mayoral candidate Loiso Masuku's Johannesburg pitch on water, ageing pipes and waste, with the Bronkhorstspruit contamination crisis and its 833 illnesses also in focus.
- 21:06
Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation says gastrointestinal illness cases linked to Bronkhorstspruit's water contamination have risen to 833, around 128 of them children, with no deaths reported.
- 21:08
Private water sellers in Bronkhorstspruit are supplying unregulated water drawn from highly polluted dams and rivers, and officials say the tanker supply must be brought under control.
- 20:38
Masuku says an ANC audit found over 2,000 kilometres of ageing pipes needing replacement, and the city has attracted 13 billion in investment to fund the work.
- 20:40
Masuku says a financial misconduct board has been set up to discipline officials whose failures leave conditional grants to be sent back to treasury unspent, despite infrastructure needs.
- 20:55
Masuku says once-a-week refuse collection is unrealistic, and the city wants to move to two collection rounds a week, starting in Soweto, as the volume of waste keeps growing.