Dirty water, raw sewage and bad audits: see how your town is doing
Use our interactive map to see how your municipality scores on drinking water, sewage and its audit before you vote on 4 November
Text by Steve Kretzmann. Data by Daniel Steyn.
Analysis | 30 October 2026
Rhodes University launches probe into water after gastro outbreak
Over 100 students and staff have been treated for diarrhoea, stomach cramps and vomiting
Brief | 28 October 2026
Butterworth children still taught in zinc shacks
James Nguza Junior Secondary School has 109 learners studying in overcrowded, leaking classrooms built as a temporary measure in 2009
Brief | 28 October 2026
Taps dry as Eastern Cape town waits for water works upgrade
Upgrades to the Fort Beaufort water treatment works are months behind schedule
Feature | 27 October 2026
Learners wait seven years for R39-million school
Second building contractor fired and Eyabantu Senior Secondary School remains unfinished
Brief | 22 October 2026
SASSA pensioner builds her own house faster than the government
Government has left scores of houses for Eastern Cape storm victims incomplete
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana
News | 14 October 2026
Six years later Eastern Cape storm victims still without houses
Some found their names were never on the beneficiary list
News | 13 October 2026
Eastern Cape villagers wait years for road project
A road connecting Ngqeleni to Canzibe near Mthatha is treacherous
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana
News | 13 October 2026
Elections 2026: this village in the Langkloof orchards is strewn with rubbish
Residents of Louterwater in Kou-Kamma municipality complain of uncollected waste, persistent sewage overflows and inconsistent water supply
Feature | 5 October 2026