Water

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What the latest tests say about beach water quality in Durban and Cape Town

Most recent samples show a mixed picture of water safety

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Charts | 19 December 2025

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Claremont could be Johannesburg Water’s big blind spot

Suburb is among several expecting a very dry Christmas

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News | 19 December 2025

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After years of sewage flooding their land, Joburg residents start rates revolt

Collapsing sewer line in Carlswald Valley has soaked properties with sewage for 20 years

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News | 17 December 2025

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Free State residents without water while municipal officials bicker

Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality will close down its failing water supply entity

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News | 16 December 2025

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Kimberley’s big hole of municipal failure

Sol Plaatje municipality’s speaker and municipal manager were recently appointed despite tainted records

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Feature | 10 December 2025

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Eastern Cape villagers finally get water, but only for a few days

Water scheme was restored, but two villages are back to having no water

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News | 5 December 2025

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Illegal connections leave hundreds of Cape Town households without water

Hundreds of households in Ethembeni informal settlement in Khayelitsha say water drips from the taps at night

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Brief | 29 November 2025

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Fewer than half of Elim’s boreholes work and municipal water tankers are a rare sight

Private water sellers are filling the gap, but the municipality says they are acting against the law

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News | 27 November 2025

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Eastern Cape families go to court over water

Despite a court order, the Amathole District Municipality has not provided water to Centane villages, they say

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News | 26 November 2025

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Durban residents demand tap water and an end to water tankers

People in Ngoqokazi and Amatikwe, near Inanda, have been without running water since 2017

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Brief | 24 November 2025

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Court orders Lesotho dams authority to pay 600 villagers compensation

Villagers in Bobete lost access to riverine resources since the Katse Dam was built

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Law | 21 November 2025

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We’re taking government to court for failing to provide clean water

Eastern Cape municipalities fail to realise Section 27 of the Constitution

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Opinion | 18 November 2025

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At this Limpopo clinic, nurses have to fetch water in buckets

Midoroni clinic has not had running water for over two years

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Brief | 13 November 2025

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Ecological disaster in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley

The collapse of a precious palmiet peatland exposes failures and tensions in the management of our water resources

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Feature | 7 November 2025

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The real cost of Johannesburg’s water

Families living alongside the huge Thukela-Vaal Transfer Scheme get no water

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News | 5 November 2025

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In photos: Joburg protesters call for end to water crisis

Millions of people in the city face daily water interruptions, dry taps, and inadequate sanitation, say picketers

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Photo Essay | 3 November 2025