Water
We’re taking government to court for failing to provide clean water
Eastern Cape municipalities fail to realise Section 27 of the Constitution
By Blossom Matizirofa and Thuto Gabaphethe
Opinion | 18 November 2025
At this Limpopo clinic, nurses have to fetch water in buckets
Midoroni clinic has not had running water for over two years
Brief | 13 November 2025
Ecological disaster in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley
The collapse of a precious palmiet peatland exposes failures and tensions in the management of our water resources
Feature | 7 November 2025
The real cost of Johannesburg’s water
Families living alongside the huge Thukela-Vaal Transfer Scheme get no water
By Sean Christie and Tladi Moloi
News | 5 November 2025
In photos: Joburg protesters call for end to water crisis
Millions of people in the city face daily water interruptions, dry taps, and inadequate sanitation, say picketers
Photo Essay | 3 November 2025
No water for two years as R200-million project remains incomplete
At Vyeboom Clinic near Vuwani in Limpopo, staff and patients have to bring water and use pit toilets
By Thembi Siaga
News | 30 October 2025
No soccer at new R37-million Limpopo stadium
The pitch is unusable because the grass has not grown adequately due to water shortages
By Thembi Siaga and Kaizer Nengovhela
Brief | 30 October 2025
In photos: The spectacular but contested Drakensberg source of Johannesburg’s water
By Sean Christie and Tladi Moloi
Photo Essay | 29 October 2025
Eastern Cape villagers take charge of their own water supply
Frustrated by the unreliable municipal water supply, six communities near Cofimvaba have raised over R110,000 for their own supply infrastructure
Brief | 29 October 2025