Water
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
Clean our “stinking” canal, demand Moeggesukkel shack dwellers
Nelson Mandela Bay ward councillor promises they will get water by Christmas and electricity in January
Brief | 29 November 2023
Limpopo villagers have to pray for rain or buy borehole water
Two villages in the Malamulele region don’t have access to clean running water, despite the municipality installing boreholes there.
News | 14 November 2023
Almost a third of Limpopo residents have no access to piped water
Human Rights Commission report slams failure of water supply in Limpopo
By Steve Kretzmann and Bernard Chiguvare
News | 23 October 2023
It’s tough to be old and without water in Joburg
“I’ve fallen down carrying a bucket of water with no one here to help me”
News | 19 October 2023