Water

Shaggy sheep, ice rats and the future of Joburg’s water supply

Crucial wetlands in the Lesotho Highlands are in trouble

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News | 28 October 2024

R66-million spent on water schemes but these villagers’ taps are still dry

Yet water projects in Ngcobo are signed off as completed and successful

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News | 25 October 2024

Eastern Cape village still without water 30 years since democracy

Residents in Lugada walk far distances to collect water from a wellpoint

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Brief | 22 October 2024

KZN villagers use social grants to fix broken taps, pipes and pumps

Ndatshana residents say they were without running water for seven years

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Brief | 17 October 2024

Follow the water: tracing Lesotho’s uncertain water supply to Johannesburg

The long-term viability of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project faces various threats

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Feature | 11 October 2024

Vital water project halted because municipality failed to pay contractors

School where reservoir was being built blocks construction

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Brief | 9 October 2024

Women dig their own pipeline after years of frustration with eThekwini water supply

Many families in Matikwe north of Durban were left out when pipes were installed

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News | 9 October 2024

In this village some people say they drink just one cup of water a day

Water infrastructure was installed in uMsinga in KwaZulu-Natal years ago but has never worked

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News | 9 October 2024

Joburg’s water woes are self-inflicted

The temporary shutdown of the supply from Lesotho is not the problem

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News | 8 October 2024

Durban residents without water for eight years picket at city hall

Standpipes in ward 105 have been dry since 2016

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Brief | 4 October 2024

Eight years without running water in eThekwini

Water trucks come to villages on the municipality’s rural outskirts twice a month

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News | 26 September 2024

Villagers have had no tap water for 15 years, but they live 3km from a dam

The Maluti-a-Phofung municipality is intermittently supplying Jwala-Boholo and Qoqolosing villages with water trucks

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Brief | 25 September 2024

Limpopo man digs well so his village doesn’t have to share water with animals

Vhembe District Municipality installed a new pump last week, and promised to come repair the broken boreholes in Tshifudi Tshikombele village

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News | 20 September 2024

Grannies battle water shortage in Kariega

Toilets are dirty and washing piles up after a month without running water

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Brief | 19 September 2024

Are South Africa’s dams safe? Government does not know

A lack of qualified inspectors and low compliance with safety reports raises concerns in Parliament

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News | 18 September 2024

eThekwini Municipality mum on investigation into company selling water illegally

Municipality pledges to buy 100 water trucks to end its need to hire them

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Brief | 17 September 2024