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The corner of Denbigh and Dorset roads in Parkwood has been a construction site for the last three weeks.
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Nine months and hundreds of millions of rand are needed to repair the broken water infrastructure in Parkwood, one of Johannesburg's oldest suburbs.
The most notable sign of broken pipes in the suburb is the "Denbigh Road disaster", a massive 18-month-old leak the city had "repaired" 15 times.
Fed-up with the most recent failed repair, residents in the leafy suburb staged a peaceful protest on 11 February, during which they discussed embarking on a "rates holiday" to force the city to fix the problem.
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