Government
Families affected by dam construction are unhappy with state’s compensation
Water and Sanitation department says offers were fair
News | 19 January 2021
Upington municipality breaks promise to protesters
Dawid Kruiper mayor and speaker “not available” for promised council meeting
News | 10 December 2020
Families abandoned to deadly asbestos risk
Makhanda councillor says they shouldn’t have occupied buildings
Brief | 10 December 2020
What this municipality hadn’t done in years, Gift of the Givers did in just three days
Water quality still has to be tested, but Eastern Cape villages now have boreholes
By Johnnie Isaac and Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
News | 4 December 2020
In the midst of water restrictions, clean water gushes out of taps in Uitenhage
But the municipality says it is “winning the war against leaks”
News | 3 December 2020
Judges in shack demolition case fail to reach agreement
Matter to be reheard by three judges of the Western Cape High Court
By James Stent
Brief | 2 December 2020
Court warns government against short cut tender processes
Judge says it was illegal to use settlement agreements to avoid tender procurement laws
Law | 13 November 2020
Angry protesters block N2
Land occupiers say they want water, toilets and electricity, but the City of Cape Town says the land is not suitable
By Vincent Lali
News | 12 November 2020
Green Scorpions order City of Cape Town to sort out pollution in the Milnerton Lagoon
Refinery which usually uses effluent from the Potsdam treatment plant switched to drinking water because the effluent is too dirty
By Steve Kretzmann and Raymond Joseph
News | 4 November 2020