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Disruptions to basic services loom over South Africa's local polls

Africanews3 November 2026, 19:18 UTCSouth Africa

As voters in Johannesburg ready for Wednesday’s local elections, basic services are top of their concerns. South Africa’s economic capital and largest city, Johannesburg has seen nearly two weeks of disruption to its water supply, with severe outages and low pressure in parts of the city.

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