Property & facilities
Emergency plumber in Johannesburg: what to do first
Stop the water, make the geyser safe, then call. What to check before an emergency plumber arrives, and what the quote should say.
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Property & facilities
Burst pipe at night in Johannesburg: who fixes what
The water meter is the line. Johannesburg Water fixes its side, you fix yours, and a leak on your side is billed to you until it stops.
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Property & facilities
Burst geyser: what to do in the first ten minutes
Switch off the power, shut the water, protect the ceiling, then photograph everything before you phone the insurer. Here is the order and why.
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Compliance
What a plumbing compliance certificate actually covers
An accredited person inspected specified work and found it met the standard that day. Everything outside those words is not covered by the page.
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Site & delivery
The money spent before your tender exists
About R1.8 million of preparation at Matjhabeng helped unlock an R800 million DBSA facility, long before any contractor could price it.
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Cost & decisions
Water infrastructure projects, read for the supplier
Steel main from DN600 to DN1600, centrifuge decanters, a 1 250kVA generator and a SCADA system are all named in R35 billion of planned water work.
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Cost & decisions
Tshwane alternative water source RFI, and what to send
Tshwane's RFI on alternative potable water sources closes on 30 October, and the City will use the answers to write the tender specification.
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Compliance
How to check if a plumber is registered in South Africa
The register answers in two minutes, and a comment window closing 24 October may make it decide who hears your complaint when the work fails.
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Compliance
Geyser drip tray requirement, and who pays without one
Refuse the tray, sign the amended quote, and the plumber's non-compliance note moves the cost of the next failure from their insurer to your cupboards.
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Site & delivery
When a municipal contract runs out of money at 95%
Johannesburg Water stopped a tower at 95% because the contract budget was exhausted, and the standing time is now somebody's to carry.
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Compliance
The borehole registration deadline closed in July
Every commercial borehole had to be registered for water use by about 23 July 2026, and the sanction for missing it is criminal rather than administrative.
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The Arabella Brief
What changed this week, and what it costs you on Monday.
One email on a Friday, covering the week from Friday to Thursday so the week is closed when it is written. What actually changed, everything with a date on it, one development run through what it means for a contractor with forty people, and what we got wrong. A thin week is a short issue.