WATCH | Joburg residents unhappy with planned water outage

JOHANNESBURG - Johannesburg residents will have to brace themselves for a 58-hour water outage from Tuesday night.

Rand Water says the shutdown is necessary to conduct maintenance and repairs on a water line.

READ: Joburg residents urged to store water ahead of shutdown

Residents and businesses aren’t happy and worry the water won’t be restored on time.

Affected areas include Randburg, Roodepoort, parts of the South, Soweto and Honeydew.

READ: Joburg residents prepare for water shutdown

Residents have been urged to use water sparingly and to possibly stock up for the 58 hours.

* eNCA’s Heidi Giokos reports.