Water

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Vaal River residents reeling from flood damage

Crops destroyed, houses evacuated

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Photo Essay | 5 May 2025

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Five months without water in Komani

New water supply project should have been completed in 2018

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News | 25 April 2025

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Deaths spark protest over unsafe bridge outside Pinetown

Umngeni River claims two lives

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News | 28 March 2025

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Families charged R5 to use mobile toilets in Dunoon

Residents of informal settlement say they are forced to pay to use stolen toilets

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Brief | 18 March 2025

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Long-suffering Durban residents could wait years for end to water crisis

Finance Minister on Wednesday said construction of Mkhomazi Water Project, which includes a new dam, will only start in November 2027

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News | 14 March 2025

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Municipalities are taking more water from dams than they are allowed

One municipality regularly exceeds its water allocation limit yet it received top marks for water management from the water department

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Feature | 11 March 2025

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Hundreds block busy Golden Highway to demand water

Phumla Mqashi informal settlement residents near Lenasia say the water tanked in by Joburg Water isn’t enough for everyone

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Brief | 3 March 2025