Water
Durban families demand end to water crisis
EThekwini municipality promises that water will be restored to affected communities by 15 February
News | 30 January 2024
Durban community without running water for four years
DA calls for Human Rights Commission to investigate ongoing water crisis in eThekwini
News | 25 January 2024
Amatola Water misses deadline to fix Makhanda’s water woes yet again
Upgrades to water treatment works more than six years behind schedule. New deadline is April 2024.
News | 24 January 2024
Protesters bring Louis Trichardt to a standstill for one hour
Hundreds march demanding better services from government
Brief | 23 January 2024
New bill to try to enforce clean drinking water
Currently the Department of Water and Sanitation cannot directly intervene when municipalities fail to supply drinking water up to standard
News | 18 January 2024
Taps have been dry in this Durban community for more than a decade
“My daughter was a year old when I last saw water coming out of our taps. She will be 14 next month,” says frustrated Bester resident
Brief | 16 January 2024
Nyanga families battle two-day water outage
City of Cape Town workers are on site to fix burst pipe
Brief | 9 January 2024
It’s Christmas without water for hundreds of families in Kariega
Municipality blames water shortage on vandalism of pump station last March
News | 22 December 2023
Picket against “water apartheid”
There’s enough water - the problem is allocation, says protester
Brief | 8 December 2023