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No water,no answers
A Tiryville resident extracts water from a localised pipe leak — one of the desperate measures Ward 45 households have been reduced to since running water vanished from their taps in February. With their Ward Councillor allegedly offering no communication and municipal water tankers failing to reach their streets, residents have resorted to digging holes around leaks simply to wash, clean and survive. Read the full story on page 3. PHOTO: SHANTI JAFTA