Water

Sick Durban river spoils popular recreational lagoon

Civil action could address pollution in Mdloti river

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News | 3 February 2020

Makana Municipality to appeal against judgment

Mayor says the municipality has improved and wants judgment dissolving it overturned

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Brief | 22 January 2020

We have become mosquito food, say families living along filthy canal

Part of Gugulethu canal clogged with rubbish after employment dispute

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News | 22 January 2020

Learners sent home after municipality cuts water supply to Pietermaritzburg school

School ran up bill of R2 million, says municipality

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Brief | 21 January 2020

Taxi driver told he owes municipality R68,000 for water

Water leak outside his house has not been fixed since 2018

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News | 21 January 2020

Government must do more than talk about the water crisis

The solution for the Sekhukhune District Municipality’s waterless villages is obvious

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Opinion | 5 December 2019

Residents of Amalinda say they have been forgotten

500 households with no electrification, months without rubbish collection, only two taps and a dozen working toilets

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Brief | 28 November 2019

Tankers sent as water outage affects thousands in KwaNobuhle

Taps ran dry on Friday morning

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Brief | 25 November 2019

Borehole brings relief to KZN school

Jamiatul Ulama KZN and Gift of the Givers gives Mcoseleli Secondary and the Maqongqo community a new borehole

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Brief | 15 November 2019

Dams empty in Eastern Cape

The Gcuwa and all dams supplying Butterworth and surrounding areas are dry

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Brief | 14 November 2019

RDP houses not connected to electricity or water for a year

Musina municipality says it has been waiting for funds from the Department of Energy

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Brief | 14 November 2019

Open manhole is an accident waiting to happen

A drain in Uitenhage has stood uncovered for two months, say residents

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Brief | 13 November 2019

Burst water pipe left for three weeks in Port Elizabeth

“People come and wash their cars here while we suffer in my house,” says elderly resident

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Brief | 7 November 2019

Villagers without drinking water blame government, not the drought

Pipes installed in Dutywa villages in 2008 have never had water

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Brief | 30 October 2019

Uitenhage gogo given the run-around over water leak

“Instead of explaining yet again, I broke down and cried”

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News | 29 October 2019

Land occupation named after Mayor Bobani erupts in protests

“He said we can rebuild our shacks and live here. He promised to give us toilets, water and electricity”

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News | 29 October 2019