Water

Political spat over ‘leak’ at city council chambers in Port Elizabeth

Water running from council chambers for weeks

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Brief | 7 June 2019

KZN South Coast residents left without water after April floods

Broken pump station and crumbling infrastructure leaves thousands at risk

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News | 6 June 2019

Pietermaritzburg protesters injured by police, says village chief

Police deny anyone was hurt during dispersal of water protest

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News | 20 May 2019

Much needed rain brings flooding to Cape Town

Disaster Management reports no major incidents

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Brief | 20 May 2019

“Our taps have been running dry for years” says Pietermaritzburg resident

Msunduzi deputy mayor Thobani Zuma promised to send water tankers which had not yet arrived by Friday morning

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Brief | 17 May 2019

Desalination plant ends contract with City of Cape Town

Waterfront’s dirty sea water causes dispute that is heading to court

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Brief | 15 May 2019

Taps have been dry for five years in Eastern Cape village

Amathole District Municipality cannot deliver more water

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News | 14 May 2019

Durban strike leaves township without water and electricity

Residents have to stand in long queues for water and some complain that their food has rotted

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News | 6 May 2019

Faeces spread in president’s path

Protests in Makhanda ahead of Ramaphosa’s Freedom Day rally

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News | 29 April 2019

Buy or expropriate the land, Marikana shack dwellers tell City

“In a big and beautiful city like Cape Town I don’t expect this kind of life”

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Brief | 24 April 2019

Water protests disrupt Khayelitsha

City says it met residents and addressed their concerns the night before the unrest

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News | 11 April 2019

Uitenhage quick to fix pipes … when the problem is reported in the media

Complaints go unattended for years until reporters get involved

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Brief | 10 April 2019

Crumbling infrastructure leaves Eastern Cape villagers without water

“We are lucky because we recently got rain”

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Brief | 29 March 2019

How dirty is the Cape Flats groundwater?

Water in the Cape Flats Aquifer is polluted by cemeteries, waste water treatment works, landfill sites and informal settlements

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News | 26 March 2019

Frustrated by lack of services, shack dwellers block Baden Powell Drive

“The City will never help us until we protest.”

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News | 18 March 2019

Cape Town shack dwellers march for RDP houses

“As long as each family has a tap, a toilet, and a box of electricity, we will be happy.”

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News | 15 March 2019