Sanitation
Johannesburg sewage treatment fails Green Drop assessment
Metro has dropped from 91% in 2011 to below 50%
By Seth Thorne
News | 7 April 2026
Mpumalanga’s Emakhazeni fails to bill residents as its towns crumble
The municipality ran up a deficit of R21-million in the 2024/25 financial year
Feature | 7 April 2026
Take me to the river: baptisms in Joburg’s polluted water
Years of systemic failures have poisoned the Klip River
By Seth Thorne
News | 3 April 2026
Water corruption: hundreds of cases referred for prosecution, but no arrests
MPs concerned that criminals are getting away with large-scale fraud and corruption over water and sanitation projects
News | 1 April 2026
Kokstad’s R137-million toilet project plagued by broken pipes and lack of water
Harry Gwala District Municipality says project to replace 1,451 pit toilets in Horseshoe is complete, but GroundUp found many toilets were not working
News | 1 April 2026
Soweto volunteers clean streets as illegal dumping overwhelms Gauteng
The Soulbent Project has dozens of residents converting dumping sites into vegetable gardens
By Seth Thorne
News | 31 March 2026
Progress at last on Khayelitsha sewer line repairs
Dozens of households have had to be relocated
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 19 March 2026
We have no water and no toilets, families tell Human Rights Commission
Government offices are often closed due to lack of water in Centane
Brief | 18 March 2026
Use the field, parents tell their children: the pit toilets at this school are dangerous
Elunyaweni Primary in Ugie in the Eastern Cape has five full pit latrines for 160 learners; nearby ET Thabane Primary has broken classrooms
News | 18 March 2026