Topic: Water | GroundUp

Thirsty villagers desert ANC for independent candidate

Broken promises over dam project said to be reason ANC vote dropped from 83% to 53% in Mhlontlo in the Eastern Cape

By Mkhuseli Sizani

News | 10 November 2021

Overflowing toilets, piles of rubbish and empty water tanks plague Gqeberha shack dwellers

Yet the municipality claims the area is cleaned and serviced regularly

By Joseph Chirume

Brief | 10 November 2021

Willowvale is where government projects go to die

“If we want things done here, we either protest or do them ourselves” says a resident of this part of the Eastern Cape

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

News | 9 November 2021

Families living in Tsolo forest say they won’t be voting on Monday

The settlement of about 1,000 households has almost no basic services

By Mkhuseli Sizani

News | 28 October 2021

These villagers threatened not to vote if their road wasn’t fixed, so the municipality sent a truck. But the truck broke the water pipes the villagers had laid

Protesters tell IntsikaYethu mayor he’s no longer welcome

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

News | 26 October 2021

Nelson Mandela Bay says it will not provide services to new land occupations

The municipality is in the process of “formalising” 156 informal settlements by providing services like water, electricity and tarring roads

By Thamsanqa Mbovane

News | 19 October 2021

Thousands struggle daily to get water in Mthatha

Municipal supplied jojo tanks were last filled in August in Joe Slovo Extension

By Mkhuseli Sizani

News | 18 October 2021

Hundreds block Malmesbury’s streets over “unaffordable” utility bills

Swartland municipality says its already written off more than R14.9 million in irrecoverable debt

By Peter Luhanga

Brief | 5 October 2021

Musina residents say they have had enough of water outages

Anger over municipality cutting off electricity when people default on water bills

By Bernard Chiguvare

News | 4 October 2021

No water at Elim Hospital

Patients rely on relatives to bring them water to drink and to wash

By Bernard Chiguvare

News | 30 September 2021

Taps dry for three weeks in rural KwaZulu-Natal

Residents of Emakhabeleni say their water supply has been on and off since 2018

By Nokulunga Majola

News | 21 September 2021

Joburg can no longer rely on its water supply

Demand often exceeds supply as infrastructure crumbles

By Masego Mafata

News | 10 September 2021

Taps run dry as water crisis deepens in Makhanda

“The recent rains haven’t had the desired impact on our dams” says municipality

By Loyiso Dyongman

News | 7 September 2021

Lack of clean water in Hammanskraal is a violation of rights, says SAHRC

Families say they can’t drink the brown and slimy water coming out of their taps

By Mosima Rafapa

News | 7 September 2021

Baby drowns in tub filled with water from leaking shack

Khayelitsha residents demand better living conditions

By Vincent Lali

News | 2 September 2021

Taps keep running dry in Louis Trichardt

Residential areas and the town centre have been without reliable water for over a month

By Bernard Chiguvare

News | 18 August 2021