Water
Taps run dry in Sweetwaters
Residents in Pietermaritzburg township spent five days without water last week
Brief | 11 October 2018
110 families in Mfuleni have no taps, toilets, electricity or even rubbish bin bags
“Government never told us where we should live after we had to move out”
By Vincent Lali
News | 18 September 2018
Land occupiers raise funds for fire victim, water installations, gravel roads
City of Cape Town criticises illegal water connections at Khayelitsha land occupation
By Vincent Lali
News | 20 August 2018
Two toilets for dozens of residents in Khayelitsha
City says shacks in Enkanini will need to be relocated to make space for more toilets
By Vincent Lali
News | 3 August 2018
School children sent home when taps run dry
Ndlelayabasha Primary in Pietermaritzburg is struggling with water shortages
Brief | 27 July 2018
R78 million Eastern Cape water project fails to deliver
“In the past 18 months we have had water for only eight months. The last time water was running in our taps was six months ago.”
By Wara Fana
Brief | 23 July 2018
Khayelitsha residents install their own communal taps
City of Cape Town says connections are illegal but it will see if it can assist with services
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 20 July 2018
Was the water shortage caused by farmers, city dwellers or drought?
We have analysed the data, and can now answer this question
By Piotr Wolski
Science | 19 July 2018