16 days of water outages hitting Joburg, Pretoria and Ekurhuleni next week – areas affected

Gauteng water board Rand Water will be starting the second phase of its critical maintenance project in the province, which will cause disruptions to supply over the next few weeks.

The maintenance project’s next phase will start on Monday, 30 June, and will continue through to Friday, 18 July.

Maintenance activity will take place at different times and locations across various municipalities, but the entire province will be impacted.

According to Rand Water, the objective of the project is to increase capacity and improve plant availability, reliability and efficiency.

The June/July maintenance is particularly important as it comes ahead of the anticipated high-demand season from mid-August 2025.

The first phase of the project commenced on 29 May and saw the successful connection of a newly constructed pipeline in the province, a new water supply station, and a cleanup of others.

In the next phase, pumping activity will be reduced on key systems, including Eikenhof, Zwartkopjes and Palmiet.

“Consequently, areas within the cities of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Tshwane may experience low water pressure or intermittent supply,” Rand Water said.

Other municipalities will likely be impacted as well, including Rand West, Mogale City, Merafon, Madibeng, Lesedi, Govan Mbeki, Rustenburg, Royal Bafokeng and nearby mines and industries (‘Other areas’).

The tables below outline the schedules for the affected systems and municipalities. Rand Water said that any meters that are supplied by these systems will be impacted.

“The affected municipalities will advise customers on the expected extent and impact of any water supply disruption in their respective areas,” it said.

“Customers are encouraged to follow details from their respective metros and local municipalities.”

At the time of publication, only the City of Ekurhuleni had provided area-specific details on regions that would be affected by the outages. The article will be updated as more information becomes available.

City of Ekurhuleni

Main areas affected: Boksburg, Germiston, Benoni and Wattville.

Benoni and Wattville:

• Airfield;
• Northmead;
• Farrarmere;
• Farrarmere Gardens;
• Goedeburg;
• North Villa;
• Rynfield;
• Brentwood Park;
• Part of Morehill;
• Ebotse Estate;
• Benoni North agricultural holdings;
• Kleinfontein;
• Lakefield;
• Benoni Western Extension;
• Benoni CBD;
• Actonville;
• Wattville;
• Tamboville;
• Dewalt Hattingh Park;
• Msholozi and Emandleni informal settlements;
• Mackenzie Park;
• Rynsoord; and
• New Modder.

Germiston and Boksburg:

• Spruitview;
• Leondale;
• Rondebult;
• Sunward Park;
• Van Dyk Park;
• Freeway Park;
• Parkdene;
• Cinderella;
• Elspark;
• Groeneweide;
• Klipoortjie;
• Boksburg South;
• Boksburg industrial;
• Boksburg CBD;
• Farrar Park;
• Libradene;
• Atlasville;
• Beyers Park;
• Anderbolt;
• Parkhaven; and
• Katlehong 1.

Kempton Park

• Atlasville
• Bredell at Eastlands Estate
• Riverfields

City of Johannesburg

City of Tshwane

Madibeng

Other areas

Impacted areas: Rand West, Mogale City, Merafon, Lesedi, Govan Mbeki, Rustenburg, Royal Bafokeng and nearby mines and industries.