Residents of Kokosi near Fochville in the North West whose taps have been dry for more than three weeks, finally have access to water thanks to a local businessman who spent his own money to drill a borehole for them in his yard.
The water outage in the township is a result of the 40 water restrictions imposed on the Merafong local municipality by Rand Water due to the R1.41bn debt it owes to the entity.
When Sowetan arrived on Sunday afternoon, the sun was blazing and residents had just broken the queue for water as the businessman, who asked to remain anonymous, had asked them to let the borehole pump cool off for 20 minutes.