Tshwane silent on Bronkhorstspruit’s discoloured water
Residents say they are worried about possibly getting water-borne illnesses
Residents of the Zithobeni township near Bronkhorstspruit have been forced to drink discoloured water from their taps due to poor water quality and supply disruptions. Nicky Sibanda, a resident with a one-year-old child, has been suffering from diarrhoea and stomach pains, suspecting the water as the cause. The City of Tshwane has a wastewater treatment score of below 34% and an infrastructure backlog of R26-billion, with 39% of its water lost.
Tshwane was also questioned during a human rights commission inquiry about prolonged outages in Bronkhorstspruit, with confirmed typhoid cases reported in August 2026. Residents have to either drink discoloured water or buy expensive water from tankers, with one resident paying R5 per five-litre container. Despite promises from the City to investigate the water discolouring at the Bronkhorstspruit Water Treatment Plant, residents have received no response.
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