Durban - Thousands of Ladysmith residents were without water on Monday after a mob forced staff from the uThukela District Municipality to close off the water supply on Sunday night.
uThukela is responsible for water supply in areas including Ezakheni, Old Ladysmith, Steadville, Tsakane, St Chad’s and Danskraal.
The mob is believed to be linked to a protest which shut down Ladysmith on Monday. The town came to a standstill as taxis were also not operating.
The protest is believed to have been organised by the Ubumbano Lokuthula organisation and is about service-delivery issues.
It is the second protest in as many months.
Last month more than 2000 protesters marched to the town hall calling for the Mayor Vincent Madlala to step down.
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