Water
Gangs make us pay for access to water, say Mamelodi residents
Municipality confirms illegal connections to the reservoir but blames people occupying nearby land
News | 1 February 2024
Water outages force Pietermaritzburg municipal offices to close
Several pipes burst in Msunduzi Municipality
Brief | 31 January 2024
DA calls for Parliamentary inquiry into eThekwini water crisis
“If eThekwini collapsed, so would Umngeni-Uthukela, threatening water security to the entire province of KwaZulu-Natal” says DA shadow minister
Brief | 31 January 2024
Durban families demand end to water crisis
EThekwini municipality promises that water will be restored to affected communities by 15 February
News | 30 January 2024
Durban community without running water for four years
DA calls for Human Rights Commission to investigate ongoing water crisis in eThekwini
News | 25 January 2024
Amatola Water misses deadline to fix Makhanda’s water woes yet again
Upgrades to water treatment works more than six years behind schedule. New deadline is April 2024.
News | 24 January 2024
Protesters bring Louis Trichardt to a standstill for one hour
Hundreds march demanding better services from government
Brief | 23 January 2024
New bill to try to enforce clean drinking water
Currently the Department of Water and Sanitation cannot directly intervene when municipalities fail to supply drinking water up to standard
News | 18 January 2024
Taps have been dry in this Durban community for more than a decade
“My daughter was a year old when I last saw water coming out of our taps. She will be 14 next month,” says frustrated Bester resident
Brief | 16 January 2024