Rhodes water outages threaten ealy closure

With some residences being nearly 13 days without clean drinking or washing water, Rhodes' Vice Chancellor Saleem Badat warns Makana Municipality about the potential disaster of early closure.

Storified by durbanfromfar · Tue, Aug 27 2013 00:58:33

*PS: The VC Dr Saleem Badat will lead the protest against prolonged water outage. #WaterProtest

— Rhodes University · Wed, Aug 14 2013 00:57:49

Esteemed university staff and an enthusiastic protester #waterprotest #gtown instagram.com/p/dAh6rukYMR/ · Kendra Dykman

This Rhodent deserves a Bells! #WaterProtest pic.twitter.com/Qt60Kiud8k · Palesa Diale :)

Gallery: Grahamstown Water Protest | Activate

5 days ago ... In light of the ongoing water outage that is affecting a large proportion of Grahamstown residents and Rhodes' resid...

10th consecutive day without water in our digs.... #3rdWorldGrahamstown #WaterOutage

— Justandersen · Wed, Aug 14 2013 22:48:45

Protest boards: "turn off the excuses, turn on the water!" #waterprotest #gtown instagram.com/p/dBX-VlkYKt/ · Kendra Dykman

Keep your Res friends close.. Keep your Diggs friends closer. #WaterOutage #EvenMeIWantToBeAnOppi

— Carey-Anne Grant · Wed, Aug 14 2013 01:52:43

It's 10 days for some students and 3 weeks for some township residents,water now! youtube.com/watch?v=SPT1e3… #Grahamstown #waterprotest

— Brian Dingle · Fri, Aug 16 2013 09:05:03

While the #Grahamstown #Rhodes #waterprotest made national news, Joza has been without water for 3-4 weeks this time grocotts.co.za/content/tales-…

— Grocott's Online · Fri, Aug 16 2013 03:38:41

Rhodes #waterprotest Makana says water should return by Friday. Photo: @Zealot_Hill video:grocotts.co.za/content/rhodes… pic.twitter.com/eBrvqSh0pp · Grocott's Online