Topic: Water | GroundUp

Tired of waiting, Limpopo villagers lay their own water pipes

Ha-Matsa’s villages rely only on boreholes and untreated fountain water

By Thembi Siaga

News | 29 May 2025

South Africa’s polluted rivers pose food contamination risk

Quality of irrigation water should be a national priority, says scientist

By Steve Kretzmann

Feature | 26 May 2025

City says there’s no money for water and toilets for Mamelodi settlement

Residents say they have no choice but to illegally connect electricity and water

Text by Warren Mabona. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.

News | 24 May 2025

Limpopo residents have to use social grants to buy water

Ward 6 in Springs under the Molemole Municipality has not had running water for over ten years

By Bernard Chiguvare

Brief | 23 May 2025

Cape Town highway blocked over access to water and toilets

People living along the N2 near Mfuleni want the City to include them in its budget

By Vincent Lali

Brief | 19 May 2025

More than R4-billion has flowed to dodgy water contracts, SIU probe finds

Companies involved are still doing business with the state

By Steve Kretzmann

News | 15 May 2025

Lesotho Highlands Water Project contractor suspended for polluting rivers

1,400 workers sent home as work on 38km tunnel stalls

By Sechaba Mokhethi

News | 13 May 2025

Vaal River residents reeling from flood damage

Crops destroyed, houses evacuated

By Ihsaan Haffejee

Photo Essay | 5 May 2025

Five months without water in Komani

New water supply project should have been completed in 2018

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

News | 25 April 2025

Cape Town’s water recycling project should not be privatised

Comment on the proposed Faure New Water Scheme closes on 17 April

By Group of water researchers

Analysis | 16 April 2025

There are taps and flush toilets in this Durban township - but no water

Ntuzuma families buy water from nearby KwaMashu

By Tsoanelo Sefoloko

News | 16 April 2025

Flood warnings as water pours from Vaal Dam

Residents in low lying areas urged to move

By Ihsaan Haffejee

Photo Essay | 10 April 2025

School children in Vhembe wake up at 4:30am to fetch water

Water is not reaching households despite millions of rands spent on water projects

By Bernard Chiguvare

Brief | 4 April 2025

Deaths spark protest over unsafe bridge outside Pinetown

Umngeni River claims two lives

By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko

News | 28 March 2025

Families charged R5 to use mobile toilets in Dunoon

Residents of informal settlement say they are forced to pay to use stolen toilets

By Peter Luhanga

Brief | 18 March 2025

Long-suffering Durban residents could wait years for end to water crisis

Finance Minister on Wednesday said construction of Mkhomazi Water Project, which includes a new dam, will only start in November 2027

By Tsoanelo Sefoloko and GroundUp Staff

News | 14 March 2025