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Jefe!

[Patrón🇿🇦 @stoicjohnblack]

@PhutiSemenya14 @pmcafrica Have you signed the offer?

[Patrón🇿🇦 @stoicjohnblack]

@casspernyovest Word!

[Patrón🇿🇦 @stoicjohnblack]

@JHBWater your boilerplate reply is intellectually insulting. An empty, closed reservoir cannot be 'under strain' from consumers; it is entirely starved of upstream supply. Furthermore, what precisely are your 'teams' physically doing at a dry reservoir? You cannot wrench a dry pipe into producing water. Cease the copy-paste platitudes and provide the actual volumetric deficit and a definitive technical timeline for bulk supply restoration.

[Patrón🇿🇦 @stoicjohnblack]

@JHBWater Thank you for confirming that this is entirely an upstream supply failure, completely unrelated to consumer demand. However, identifying the bottleneck does not resolve it. As our service provider, you cannot treat your bulk supplier as an external variable beyond your control. What is the precise volumetric deficit at the bulk intake, what is the root cause of this constraint, and what is the binding ETA for full restoration?

[Patrón🇿🇦 @stoicjohnblack]

@JHBWater @Shantha027 Until when?

[Hlomendlini @MzingisiS]

@ghanaboynie

[Patrón🇿🇦 @stoicjohnblack]

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[Mntaka God🙏🏾 @g0dsvryown]

My middle finger stand tall for the flag 🇿🇦

[Bongekile Mthembu🇿🇦 @_Bongekile_]

It’s funny how the countries that South Africa actually loves ..countries like Tanzania, Kenya, and Namibia, as well as our neighbouring sister countries like Botswana and Eswatini ..are quiet in all of this. These are people we actually love and care about.❤️🇰🇪🇳🇦🇹🇿🇧🇼🇸🇿❤️

[Patrón🇿🇦 @stoicjohnblack]

We can be a pro-African, trade-oriented nation while still drawing a hard line on illegal immigration. A country without borders or the rule of law isn't a country; it's a geographical free-for-all. Asking visitors to respect our laws isn't an insult, it's a prerequisite for mutual respect.

[Patrón🇿🇦 @stoicjohnblack]

There is a glaring double standard here. Botswana, Kenya, and Ghana all strictly enforce their immigration laws and deport undocumented foreign nationals to protect their own citizens' interests. Why is South Africa the only country expected to operate with open borders to prove we are "African enough"?

[Patrón🇿🇦 @stoicjohnblack]

@_CarlMoney @Thee_All_Mother A look at the facts. South Africa is battling an unemployment crisis, overstretched healthcare systems, and infrastructure that cannot keep up with undocumented population surges. Acknowledging our capacity limits isn’t hatred, it’s basic governance and economic reality.

[Patrón🇿🇦 @stoicjohnblack]

@MMalagies Amen, I’m blessed!

[Patrón🇿🇦 @stoicjohnblack]

Make it make sense. How do we go backwards when the outlets were supposedly closed and the city was sleeping? You can't lose that much ground during the hours of lowest demand unless the water is disappearing before it even reaches us. The math isn't mathing. It feels like we're being managed with PR updates while the real issue, whether it's a massive hidden leak or a bulk supply failure, is being kept off the books. This isn't just 'high consumption'; it’s physically impossible. We need the full truth, not just red blocks on a spreadsheet.

[Patrón🇿🇦 @stoicjohnblack]

@LumenX_ Amen!

[Patrón🇿🇦 @stoicjohnblack]

@iamscrummy_ Absolutely!

[Patrón🇿🇦 @stoicjohnblack]

100%. We aren't watching a 'system failure,' we are watching a business model in action. Why fix a municipal pipe for pennies when you can bill millions for an 'emergency' tanker contract? The water hasn't evaporated; it’s just been converted into tenderpreneur currency. The taps are dry because their pockets are thirsty!

[Patrón🇿🇦 @stoicjohnblack]

It takes a special kind of ineptitude to announce 'throttling' schedules when our taps have been bone dry for days. You cannot throttle a ghost supply. @JHBWater, telling us to 'plan our lives' around a 50-100% reduction of ZERO is gaslighting, not management. Stop posting PDFs and turn the water on!

[Patrón🇿🇦 @stoicjohnblack]

“Throttling” implies flow.
Winchester Hills has had no water at all, zero, zilch, dry taps and empty lives, yet you issue schedules as if residents are choosing between reduced pressure options.

This isn’t poor communication.
It’s operational illiteracy dressed up as governance.

You can’t throttle what you’ve already killed.
And you certainly can’t plan people’s lives after you’ve failed to supply the most basic human necessity.

Stop publishing fantasy. Start telling the truth.