{"id":944,"date":"2026-02-15T14:47:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T14:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/?p=944"},"modified":"2026-02-15T14:42:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T14:42:35","slug":"ramaphosas-water-promises-unlikely-to-placate-angry-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/15\/ramaphosas-water-promises-unlikely-to-placate-angry-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramaphosa&#8217;s water promises unlikely to placate angry residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">President Cyril Ramaphosa\u2019s response to the water shortage crisis in his SONA address on Thursday is unlikely to placate Johannesburg resident Kerryn Mckay. She was livid with anger when interviewed by ONN. The state was treating us with contempt, she said. Promises to fix the water crisis were made the previous year. After dry taps&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa\u2019s response to the water shortage crisis in his SONA address on Thursday is unlikely to placate Johannesburg resident Kerryn Mckay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was livid with anger when interviewed by ONN. The state was treating us with contempt, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignleft is-type-wp-embed is-provider-top-of-the-world wp-block-embed-top-of-the-world\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"1RX7MV7H3u\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/no-water-go-to-a-hotel-to-shower-says-gautengs-premier\/\">No water? Go to a hotel to shower, Gauteng&#8217;s Premier tells fed-up residents<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;No water? Go to a hotel to shower, Gauteng&#8217;s Premier tells fed-up residents&#8221; &#8212; REAL NEWS,REAL IMPACT\" src=\"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/no-water-go-to-a-hotel-to-shower-says-gautengs-premier\/embed\/#?secret=o7sPoUcII5#?secret=1RX7MV7H3u\" data-secret=\"1RX7MV7H3u\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Promises to fix the water crisis were made the previous year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After dry taps for up to four weeks, residents remain doubtful of promises despite trickles returning to some areas on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president\u2019s pledge of another task team to inquire into and find a solution to the water crisis won\u2019t address Ms McKay\u2019s immediate challenge of having no water to bath her children or flush toilets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>She was looking for a \u2018silver bullet\u2019 arising from the presidents address. Ramaphosa said he had none to offer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Ramaphosa&#039;s Platitudes Holds No Water ||SONA 2026||\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-vPJ7BWIKwE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa\u2019s response to the water shortage crisis in his SONA address on Thursday is unlikely to placate Johannesburg resident Kerryn Mckay. She was livid with anger when interviewed by ONN. The state was treating us with contempt, she said. Promises to fix the water crisis were made the previous year. 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