Johannesburg residents 'desperate' as taps run dry

The 63-year-old, who struggles to walk and lives alone in a small cottage, said she joined a demonstration Wednesday by residents of the city's upmarket Melville suburb because the lack of water had left her "completely desperate". "I'm not walking that well, which means it's difficult to get water," she told AFP, while more than 100 protesters chanted next to her and passing motorists honked in support. "It's difficult to fill up the toilet, washing doesn't get done, and I've got to make plans around food," she said.