Water

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800 families share two “illegal” taps

Mfuleni residents have also had to resort to digging holes to bury human waste

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Brief | 20 November 2024

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Five years of water shortages in KZN township

Residents take legal action

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Brief | 20 November 2024

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Johannesburg Water: tales of woe

At least maintenance on the Lesotho Highlands Water Project is on track

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Feature | 20 November 2024

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Water crisis continues for 17,000 people in Lenasia South

Residents say water tanks and trucks are insufficient after the municipality cut their illegal connections

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Brief | 19 November 2024

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Over a thousand RDP homes built in 2019 still without tap water

Human Rights Commission found significant backlogs in water supply at uMzinyathi District municipality, KwaZulu-Natal

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Brief | 19 November 2024

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Learners pay R150 to fill water tanks at overcrowded, dilapidated Limpopo school

There are two boreholes at Kutsakeni Primary, but staff say they dried up in 2021

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Brief | 14 November 2024

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Chaos as Joburg Water tries to remove illegal connections

Residents of Phumla Mqashi informal settlement chase away technicians

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Brief | 12 November 2024

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Eastern Cape villagers fund their own water supply

They say Alfred Nzo District Municipality has failed them

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Brief | 8 November 2024

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Walking Joburg’s biggest baddest river: a very old church and a mermaid

Klip River Day 3: Eldorado Park to the Lido Hotel

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Feature | 8 November 2024

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Sewage flows in streets as KZN township faces water crisis

For six months Sithembile township in Glencoe has been struggling with water shortages

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Brief | 7 November 2024

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Walking Joburg’s biggest baddest river: boerboels and cable thieves

Day 2 on the Klip River: Riverlea to Soweto

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Feature | 7 November 2024

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Walking Joburg’s biggest, baddest river: gold dust and gunk

Day 1 on the Klip River: Selby to Riverlea

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Feature | 6 November 2024

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Broken promises and neglect: the struggle for clean tap water in rural KZN

“Sometimes we fight over water”

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News | 1 November 2024

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Shaggy sheep, ice rats and the future of Joburg’s water supply

Crucial wetlands in the Lesotho Highlands are in trouble

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News | 28 October 2024

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R66-million spent on water schemes but these villagers’ taps are still dry

Yet water projects in Ngcobo are signed off as completed and successful

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News | 25 October 2024

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Eastern Cape village still without water 30 years since democracy

Residents in Lugada walk far distances to collect water from a wellpoint

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Brief | 22 October 2024