"People think that when there is no water, we and our families, we have special water, we don't. We also go through the samesuffer the same pain,"
"In some instances, I had to go to a certain hotel so that I could bathe and go to my commitments,"
"Let them shower in hotels."
"Ah, Payaza Lesufi's joking bro, he's not real, he's not a real guy. He said he's not specialhe had to go to a hotel, my brother, my brother,"
Johannesburg is experiencing a severe water crisis caused by years of municipal neglect, corruption, and mismanagement that left infrastructure poorly maintained and broken. Some residents have gone more than three weeks without piped water, relying on municipal tankers, traveling for water, and washing with buckets. Schools and hospitals are affected. The provincial premier, Panyaza Lesufi, said politicians and their families also feel the pain and mentioned using a hotel to bathe, prompting public outrage. Memes, cartoons, and comedians depicted the remarks as tone-deaf and privileged while protests erupted over service failures.
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