
Sol Plaatje’s Dry Spell: Maintenance or Manufactured Crisis?
Once again, residents and businesses in the Sol Plaatje Municipality brace for another water shutdown—this time from May 29 to June 3, 2025. The now-standard excuse of “essential maintenance” echoes hollowly through municipal corridors. For the weary citizens of Kimberley, it no longer signals progress, but routine dysfunction dressed as diligence.