Water
Limpopo man digs well so his village doesn’t have to share water with animals
Vhembe District Municipality installed a new pump last week, and promised to come repair the broken boreholes in Tshifudi Tshikombele village
By Thembi Siaga and Elmon Tshikhudo
News | 20 September 2024
Grannies battle water shortage in Kariega
Toilets are dirty and washing piles up after a month without running water
Brief | 19 September 2024
Are South Africa’s dams safe? Government does not know
A lack of qualified inspectors and low compliance with safety reports raises concerns in Parliament
News | 18 September 2024
eThekwini Municipality mum on investigation into company selling water illegally
Municipality pledges to buy 100 water trucks to end its need to hire them
Brief | 17 September 2024
Pensioners have to pay people to fetch drinking water from streams
Taps in this municipality have been dry for years
News | 11 September 2024
Only nine of 55 villages get water from controversial multi-billion rand project
Deputy President Paul Mashatile promises that by November a dozen more villages would get tap water via the Giyani Water Project
News | 9 September 2024
Villagers use contaminated river water while R100-million sewage project delayed
Tsomo waste water treatment works were meant to be completed two years ago
News | 9 September 2024
Women in Limpopo village had to dig their own water well
Vhembe District Municipality says repairs to faulty boreholes across Elim will be done by end September
By Thembi Siaga
Brief | 5 September 2024
Rhodes University plans water independence from municipality
“Our students and staff can no longer depend on a dying municipality” says vice-chancellor
Brief | 4 September 2024