Water
Durban residents threaten to stop paying rates
More than half of eThekwini municipality’s water revenue is lost to leaks, theft and unbilled consumption
News | 3 March 2025
Mass protest against failing Makana municipality
Archbishop calls for immediate removal of mayor, speaker and chief financial officer
Brief | 27 February 2025
Learners miss days of school due to protests in rural KZN
Villagers of Odadeni and KwaQoloqolo have been protesting since Monday for water, among other demands.
Brief | 14 February 2025
No water from the City of Tshwane, so families turn to illegal suppliers
The 12,000 households in Azania informal settlement have no official supply of water
News | 13 February 2025
Patients have to get water brought to them at this Durban hospital
Municipality is rationing water to large parts of the city
Brief | 10 February 2025
Missing pumps, broken pipes: Limpopo villagers’ constant fight for water
Tshakhuma families used their own money to connect to the water supply, but it’s still not working
By Thembi Siaga
Brief | 30 January 2025
Cattle are drinking sewage on this Free State veld
Sewage treatment has broken down in Maluti-a-Phofung municipality
By Steve Kretzmann and Tladi Moloi
News | 27 January 2025
Gift of the Givers steps in to help Komani with water crisis
Water in Bonkolo Dam is below abstraction level
Brief | 22 January 2025
Single mom has to walk 5km to buy drinking water
The only water tank in this Tshwane informal settlement has been stolen
Brief | 21 January 2025