Gqeberha couple finally have running water after waiting 43 years

Northern Alliance election campaign promise fulfilled as Bay speaker Gary van Niekerk has problems resolved

On Thursday night 90-year-old Johannes Pringle woke up three times to check if the water was still flowing from his taps — for the first time in 43 years.

“I could not sleep when they managed to get water flowing in my house. I checked the taps three times just to make sure the water was still there,” he said...

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