A massive water outage in the City of Tshwane scheduled for next week has been cancelled.
Large parts of the City of Tshwane will be without water for 30 hours next month.
During a media briefing, Rand Water emphasised the challenging situation regarding water supply to its customers across South Africa.
Rand water warns that it will take approximately five days for normal water supply to return following the shutdown.
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