Southern suburbs residents are bracing for a challenging 3-day water outage that will affect 22 areas from today.
The 72-hour disruption comes as the City of Cape Town embarks on essential maintenance along the Cape Flats water network.
Water and sanitation Mayco member Zahid Badroodien urged residents to stockpile enough water in cleaned, sealed containers for their household.
The areas affected are Wynberg, Wetton, Ottery, Plumstead, Diep River, Southfield, Elfindale, Heathfield, Retreat, Steenberg, Lavender Hill, Seawinds, Vrygrond, Muizenberg, Parkwood, Lotus River, Grassy Park, Zeekoevlei, Pelican Park, Pelican Heights, Peacock Close and Eagle Park.
Remaining positive about the next few days is Mark Rossouw from Steenberg, who welcomed the maintenance.
“The City will provide tankers at strategic points so that people don’t really run out of water, but there has been…