Morero promises water relief to Westbury residents amid violent protests

By Johnathan Paoli

Joburg mayor Dada Morero has vowed immediate and long-term interventions to stabilise water supply in Westbury and surrounding areas following days of protests, road blockages, and mounting frustration over dry taps.

Speaking at a tense community meeting in Newlands on Thursday afternoon, Morero assured residents that the City was taking urgent steps to ease the crisis, including the deployment of water tankers and technical measures to restore supply.

“We are going to provide 15 water tankers immediately. We are making a definite commitment that with all interventions that we are going to be doing here, at least in the next seven days you will have a full supply of water,” Morero told irate residents.

Protests in Westbury, Coronationville, and Westdene escalated earlier in the week, with residents barricading major roads in response to weeks of intermittent supply.

Gauteng police commissioner Tommy Mthombeni urged residents to remain calm,