Water
Faeces spread in president’s path
Protests in Makhanda ahead of Ramaphosa’s Freedom Day rally
News | 29 April 2019
Buy or expropriate the land, Marikana shack dwellers tell City
“In a big and beautiful city like Cape Town I don’t expect this kind of life”
Brief | 24 April 2019
Water protests disrupt Khayelitsha
City says it met residents and addressed their concerns the night before the unrest
By Vincent Lali
News | 11 April 2019
Uitenhage quick to fix pipes … when the problem is reported in the media
Complaints go unattended for years until reporters get involved
Brief | 10 April 2019
Crumbling infrastructure leaves Eastern Cape villagers without water
“We are lucky because we recently got rain”
Brief | 29 March 2019
How dirty is the Cape Flats groundwater?
Water in the Cape Flats Aquifer is polluted by cemeteries, waste water treatment works, landfill sites and informal settlements
News | 26 March 2019
Frustrated by lack of services, shack dwellers block Baden Powell Drive
“The City will never help us until we protest.”
By Vincent Lali
News | 18 March 2019
Cape Town shack dwellers march for RDP houses
“As long as each family has a tap, a toilet, and a box of electricity, we will be happy.”
By Vincent Lali
News | 15 March 2019
The taps in this village have been dry for 10 years – and the municipality can’t say when the water will run again
Vhembe villagers fetch water from a stream
Brief | 14 March 2019