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Industrial action briefly leaves Kenton and surrounds dry

All Amatola Water employees who were involved in industrial action were back at work by Tuesday and no further disruption to water supplies was expected. This response from Amatola Water to questions from Talk of the Town came after…

Fort Beaufort residents flocked to a water reservoir in Hillside on Monday. Their taps have been dry since last week Tuesday due to a strike by municipal water employees. Photo: Mkhuseli Sizani/GROUNDUP

Strike in Amathole leaves towns without water

Municipality alleges “deliberate infrastructure sabotage” Mkhuseli Sizani/ GROUNDUP Tens of thousands of Amathole District Municipality residents have been left without water since Tuesday last week because of a strike at the…

Water to be switched off at Bushman’s River for repair of leak

In a press statement this morning, Amatola Water announced it would be fixing a major leak in the RO plant pipeline under the Bushmen’s River crossing today. “Water will then be switched off for two hours while the leak is being fixed…

Water supply interruptions for Ward 3 and 4 next week

Albany Coast reverse osmosis plant being upgraded Amatola Water would like to inform the residents of Ward 3 and 4 in Ndlambe Municipality that there will be a complete plant shutdown at the Albany Coast reverse osmosis (RO) plant on…

OUT OF A JOB? Vuyo Zitumane, the suspended CEO of the Eastern Cape utility Amatola Water

Legal bid to stop disciplinary hearing against Amatola Water boss fails

From TimesLIVE Mpumzi Zuzile Efforts by an East London-based legal firm to stop the disciplinary hearing of suspended Amatola Water CEO Vuyo Zitumane failed in the East London high court on Tuesday. Zitumane was placed on cautionary…

The Gamka Dam in the Karoo in November 2017.Image: Esa Alexander/Sunday Times

R50m made available for drought intervention in EC municipalities

More than R50m has been made available for drought intervention in Eastern Cape municipalities, the water and sanitation department said on Tuesday. Acting director-general Trevor Balzer made the announcement during a joint virtual media…

We are in a water crisis

Makhanda (Grahamstown) was our canary in a coalmine. Their water crisis started long ago, ours is in its early stages. Ndlambe Municipality has sent out occasional notices reminding residents that we have a water shortage and are on…

Kosra meeting called to discuss continuing water crisis

An emergency meeting was called on Tuesday for concerned residents to air their grievances with Amatola Water, Ndlambe Municipality, the Kenton-on-Sea Ratepayers’ Association (KOSRA), and the Kenton Chamber of Business, the South African…

Dispute with contractor holds up RO plant project

AMATOLA Water has revealed more about the status of the Port Alfred reverse osmosis (RO) plant TotT reported on two weeks ago. Municipal spokesman Cecil Mbolekwa obtained the information from Amatola Water after TotT explained to him that…