Water
Water workers on strike in Free State
Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality plans to close down water company
By Tladi Moloi
Brief | 28 October 2025
How two very different South Africans are solving their water problems
“I have learned in my life to take responsibility for the needs of my family. If you wait for help, you can wait too long.”
By Sean Christie and Tladi Moloi
Feature | 27 October 2025
Unemployed Capetonians march for jobs, safety and water
“I don’t see the point of filling out these [jobseekers’] forms anymore”
Brief | 25 October 2025
KZN municipality battles skills shortage as water infrastructure collapses
Stalled water projects mean conditional grants cannot be released
Brief | 21 October 2025
Lesotho families, moved to make way for a dam, lose court battle
20 years after they were displaced by the Mohale Dam, court tells families to share their compensation payout
News | 7 October 2025
People fight for water as infrastructure crumbles
uMzinyathi District Municipality in northern KwaZulu-Natal is failing to supply water
By Joseph Bracken and Bongane Motaung
Feature | 6 October 2025
These Durban residents will have to wait another seven years for running water
Residents of Tafelkop rely on streams and expensive water trucks
Brief | 29 September 2025
Staff at this government building have to carry buckets of water to flush toilets
The Public Servants Association is calling on the labour department to intervene
By Thembi Siaga
News | 27 September 2025
Hundreds of West Rand residents block busy highways over water cuts
Households in Kokosi, Fochville say they’ve been forced to rely on dirty water sources during the outage
Brief | 23 September 2025