JOHANNESBURG ¨C Dry taps have become a daily frustration for residents of Johannesburg, a city hemorrhaging more than a third of its water supply, or an estimated 655 million liters a day, through burst pipes.
¡°I feel really broken,¡± 17-year-old student Thandani Masangu said after spending three hours wheeling empty containers on a trolley through the peeling and trash-strewn urban neighborhood of Hillbrow searching for water. His block has had none for more than three years.
Masangu and his friend Raymond Maleka spotted a tank being refilled by a municipal water truck; a security guard told them there was only enough for residents of the adjacent tower-block.
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