Water

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Brief | 13 November 2025

Ecological disaster in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley

The collapse of a precious palmiet peatland exposes failures and tensions in the management of our water resources

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Feature | 7 November 2025

The real cost of Johannesburg’s water

Families living alongside the huge Thukela-Vaal Transfer Scheme get no water

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News | 5 November 2025

In photos: Joburg protesters call for end to water crisis

Millions of people in the city face daily water interruptions, dry taps, and inadequate sanitation, say picketers

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Photo Essay | 3 November 2025