On Tuesday, Sowetan ran a story with the headline “Soweto residents hit hard by weeklong water outage (https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2025-03-25-soweto-residents-hit-hard-by-week-long-water-outage/)”. The story details how some residents in SA’s biggest township have been without water for more than a week — a situation that has affected their lives and livelihood generation.

A business, resulting in loss of income. Learning has also been affected, with parents detailing how schools have been forced to turn back learners...