Utility Warns Blast at South Africa Water Plant to Hit Supply

An explosion on power lines that feed a key water-pumping hub risks cutting supply to parts of South Africa’s commercial hub of Johannesburg and key platinum- and gold-mining towns to...

By Ana Monteiro · Bloomberg Markets

An explosion on power lines that feed a key water-pumping hub risks cutting supply to parts of South Africa’s commercial hub of Johannesburg and key platinum- and gold-mining towns to the city’s west, the continent’s biggest bulk-water supplier said.