Vital water project halted because municipality failed to pay contractors
School where reservoir was being built blocks construction
By Tladi Moloi
Brief | 9 October 2024
Women dig their own pipeline after years of frustration with eThekwini water supply
Many families in Matikwe north of Durban were left out when pipes were installed
News | 9 October 2024
Heroin use has spread as prices plummet
South Africa’s central position in a drug smuggling route between West Asia and Europe plays a role
Analysis | 9 October 2024
In this village some people say they drink just one cup of water a day
Water infrastructure was installed in uMsinga in KwaZulu-Natal years ago but has never worked
News | 9 October 2024
Africa Oil Week: Mantashe slams “foreign-funded” activists
Protests held against fossil-fuel industry in Cape Town and Johannesburg
By Ihsaan Haffejee and Matthew Hirsch
News | 8 October 2024
Joburg’s water woes are self-inflicted
The temporary shutdown of the supply from Lesotho is not the problem
Text by Sean Christie. Photos by David Southwood.
News | 8 October 2024
New blasting limits set for mines - at last
Chief Inspector of Mines publishes South Africa’s first mine blasting standards
Opinion | 8 October 2024
Interview: Western Cape Premier Alan Winde answers questions on social housing
Winde explains why R500-million meant for housing went unspent
Interview | 8 October 2024