Water
Rural families battle to get water although they live near a dam
“How unfair is that? It’s a joke,” says resident
News | 6 August 2021
Makana municipality “has a serious service delivery problem, especially with water”
Residents told there will be more water outages this week
News | 2 August 2021
Protesters demanding water stone cars in Dunoon
Residents in Zwelitsha informal settlement have been without potable water for weeks
Brief | 6 July 2021
Limpopo villagers have to buy their drinking water
Taps stopped working in Mabendenge five years ago
Brief | 24 June 2021
“I grabbed my son and a suitcase packed with clothes” says fire victim describing a chaotic scene
More than 50 Capetonians have been left in the rain with nowhere to sleep tonight
By Vincent Lali
News | 22 June 2021
Protesters shut down dam in Limpopo
Villagers say they live metres from the dam but their water supply is intermittent
Brief | 2 June 2021
Shack dwellers install their own taps and toilets
8,000 families in Khayelitsha find ways to cope without city services
By Vincent Lali
News | 2 June 2021
5,000 Siqalo households have no water during the day
City of Cape Town says illegal connections interrupt the water supply to the informal settlement
Brief | 27 May 2021
Water situation desperate in Hankey and Patensie
Towns’ population swells with thousands of seasonal workers needed to harvest the citrus crop
Brief | 21 May 2021