The water supply to this town has been improved and most households are now receiving water.

According to ward councillor Rowan Torr, the water challenges that had been the order of the day in Peter Graham Street had been resolved.

He also said Silulumanzi is still in the process of installing a backup generator it had received from the City of Mbombela (CoM) to assist during load-shedding.

“We also had CoM Municipal Public Accounts Committee oversight visits to the water infrastructure. A report of the findings will be tabled at a council meeting soon. The main thing is that the residents have running water, which is a relief,” he said.

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Residents have welcomed the improvement in water supply and said they hoped it would stay that way.

“We are happy that the problem has been resolved; we have since hardly run out of water. They must keep it like this and make sure that the backup generator is installed so that even during load-shedding we do not run out, because it has a bad impact on businesses and residents,” some of them told Lowvelder.

CoM’s spokesperson, Joseph Ngala, said the water challenges in White River are getting special attention, and they have rectified some of the shortages so the whole town has water now. The old water system will also be addressed in due course. “I must also say that the shorter hours of power cuts has also helped us to pump more water to the town. With the backup generator being installed it will bring more relief,” he said.

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Silulumanzi’s spokesperson, Richmond Jele, said according to the schedule from the contractor, the placement of the generator would be done by Monday July 10. Thereafter, the installation of all the electrical work should commence, which will take approximately two to three weeks to complete.