Water to be restored today to affected areas

Silulumanzi spokesperson, Richmond Jele, said the water outage had been due to the theft of approximately 30 metres of electricity cables supplying power to the Nelspruit Water Treatment Works. He said it unfortunately took longer than anticipated to replace the stolen cable and restore power supply.

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Jele said Silulumanzi became aware of the cable theft on Thursday morning however, Mbombela Municipality was delayed in receiving cables which caused some of the reservoirs in affected areas to run very low. Jele said the cable has been repaired.

“We sincerely apologize to all affected customers for the inconvenience caused.”

Water supply to Steiltes should be restored by late afternoon.