Water
Kimberley’s big hole of municipal failure
Sol Plaatje municipality’s speaker and municipal manager were recently appointed despite tainted records
Feature | 10 December 2025
Eastern Cape villagers finally get water, but only for a few days
Water scheme was restored, but two villages are back to having no water
News | 5 December 2025
Illegal connections leave hundreds of Cape Town households without water
Hundreds of households in Ethembeni informal settlement in Khayelitsha say water drips from the taps at night
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 29 November 2025
Fewer than half of Elim’s boreholes work and municipal water tankers are a rare sight
Private water sellers are filling the gap, but the municipality says they are acting against the law
By Thembi Siaga
News | 27 November 2025
Eastern Cape families go to court over water
Despite a court order, the Amathole District Municipality has not provided water to Centane villages, they say
By Liezl Human
News | 26 November 2025
Durban residents demand tap water and an end to water tankers
People in Ngoqokazi and Amatikwe, near Inanda, have been without running water since 2017
Brief | 24 November 2025
Court orders Lesotho dams authority to pay 600 villagers compensation
Villagers in Bobete lost access to riverine resources since the Katse Dam was built
Law | 21 November 2025
We’re taking government to court for failing to provide clean water
Eastern Cape municipalities fail to realise Section 27 of the Constitution
By Blossom Matizirofa and Thuto Gabaphethe
Opinion | 18 November 2025
At this Limpopo clinic, nurses have to fetch water in buckets
Midoroni clinic has not had running water for over two years
Brief | 13 November 2025