Water

“Where is our water?” protesters ask mayor

Nquthu in KwaZulu-Natal shut down by protest

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Brief | 10 June 2025

Pensioner spends R1,000 a month on water in this Free State village

Qholaqhwe village has not had running water for more than five months

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Brief | 9 June 2025

SIU finds work paid for but not done on critical water infrastructure

Criminal investigations, civil litigation, lifestyle audits, and disciplinary action loom large as SIU probes dodgy water sector contracts

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Parliament | 5 June 2025

Tired of waiting, Limpopo villagers lay their own water pipes

Ha-Matsa’s villages rely only on boreholes and untreated fountain water

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News | 29 May 2025

South Africa’s polluted rivers pose food contamination risk

Quality of irrigation water should be a national priority, says scientist

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Feature | 26 May 2025

City says there’s no money for water and toilets for Mamelodi settlement

Residents say they have no choice but to illegally connect electricity and water

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News | 24 May 2025

Limpopo residents have to use social grants to buy water

Ward 6 in Springs under the Molemole Municipality has not had running water for over ten years

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Brief | 23 May 2025

Cape Town highway blocked over access to water and toilets

People living along the N2 near Mfuleni want the City to include them in its budget

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Brief | 19 May 2025

More than R4-billion has flowed to dodgy water contracts, SIU probe finds

Companies involved are still doing business with the state

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News | 15 May 2025

Lesotho Highlands Water Project contractor suspended for polluting rivers

1,400 workers sent home as work on 38km tunnel stalls

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News | 13 May 2025

Vaal River residents reeling from flood damage

Crops destroyed, houses evacuated

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Photo Essay | 5 May 2025

Five months without water in Komani

New water supply project should have been completed in 2018

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News | 25 April 2025

Cape Town’s water recycling project should not be privatised

Comment on the proposed Faure New Water Scheme closes on 17 April

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Analysis | 16 April 2025

There are taps and flush toilets in this Durban township - but no water

Ntuzuma families buy water from nearby KwaMashu

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News | 16 April 2025

Flood warnings as water pours from Vaal Dam

Residents in low lying areas urged to move

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Photo Essay | 10 April 2025

School children in Vhembe wake up at 4:30am to fetch water

Water is not reaching households despite millions of rands spent on water projects

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Brief | 4 April 2025