Water

Women in Limpopo village had to dig their own water well

Vhembe District Municipality says repairs to faulty boreholes across Elim will be done by end September

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Brief | 5 September 2024

Rhodes University plans water independence from municipality

“Our students and staff can no longer depend on a dying municipality” says vice-chancellor

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Brief | 4 September 2024

Hundreds march to Tshwane mayor’s office demanding debt write-off

“Please accommodate our motion to write off our debts”

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Brief | 29 August 2024

Water woes leave Joburg residents at wits’ end

Water pressure in Bertrams is too low to fill geysers

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News | 27 August 2024

Ten years on and households still rely on water trucks

Communal standpipes used to supply water to semi-rural areas of northern KZN

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News | 26 August 2024

In these Free State villages you must share water with the pigs

2,000 households short of water in Maluti-a-Phofung, says ward councillor

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News | 23 August 2024

In this village you only get tap water on Fridays

An Mpumalanga municipality says it has a shortfall of nearly 60-million litres of water per day.

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News | 21 August 2024

Riverlands families struggle to pick up the pieces after flash floods

Clean-up operations are underway

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News | 20 August 2024

“Our constitutional rights have been violated” - Eastern Cape community fed up with poor water delivery

Municipality blames water delivery issues on illegal water connections

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Brief | 13 August 2024

Water at last after protest blocks N12

City of Johannesburg sends water tanks to Nana’s Farm

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Brief | 9 August 2024

The daily battle for water in Tshwane

“I feel very sorry for our old people and I wish the municipality could fix our taps”

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News | 6 August 2024

Farming co-op appeals against fine imposed for illegal dam

Ja well, no fine … R625,000 is too much to pay says Piekenierskloof Vrugte

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News | 30 July 2024

Pressure mounts for Gwamanda to be removed as Joburg Mayor

Hundreds protest in Braamfontein

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News | 29 July 2024

Protesters block N12, demand toilets, water

“Children as young as seven years old fight for water with old people”

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Brief | 23 July 2024

We had no water to put out the flames, say victims of Durban shack fire

Pregnant woman dies as 200 shacks gutted

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News | 15 July 2024

Another Makhanda water supply deadline missed

The town has experienced water shortages since 2012, but an upgrade to the water treatment works started in 2015 is still not complete

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Brief | 10 July 2024