Water
Lesotho dams authority fights back in “legally baseless” court case
Court applicants say the LHDA has failed to compensate them adequately after they were displaced
Law | 14 July 2025
The human cost of SA’s water lifeline: Lesotho communities go to court
Thousands of people and hundreds of businesses are taking the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority to court over the Katse and other dam projects
Law | 11 July 2025
No water to put out fire: man dies
Neighbours in Makhanda say they could not save Thandisizwe Nondlwana when his house caught alight
Brief | 2 July 2025
Illegal enlargement of West Coast farm dam condoned
The Western Cape government has issued retroactive environmental authorisation for a dam project undertaken eight years ago
By John Yeld
News | 23 June 2025
Out of the black and into the red – Theewaterskloof municipality’s rapid decline
Rot set in straight after the 2021 local government elections
Feature | 18 June 2025
Sewage, garbage, dirty water: Theewaterskloof is in a mess after years of bad management
But the new municipal manager hopes to get things back on track
Feature | 17 June 2025
“Where is our water?” protesters ask mayor
Nquthu in KwaZulu-Natal shut down by protest
Brief | 10 June 2025
Pensioner spends R1,000 a month on water in this Free State village
Qholaqhwe village has not had running water for more than five months
By Tladi Moloi
Brief | 9 June 2025
SIU finds work paid for but not done on critical water infrastructure
Criminal investigations, civil litigation, lifestyle audits, and disciplinary action loom large as SIU probes dodgy water sector contracts
Parliament | 5 June 2025