Water

Taps often run dry in Eastern Cape village

Villagers say they have to draw water from a river and a dirty canal

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Brief | 31 October 2018

Villagers waiting 20 years for basic services

Upper Xhwili near Mthatha has no electricity, piped clean water or decent roads

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News | 26 October 2018

Land occupiers in Philippi want City to buy Oasis land

Oasis Crescent Property mum on future of occupation

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News | 19 October 2018

Taps run dry in Sweetwaters

Residents in Pietermaritzburg township spent five days without water last week

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Brief | 11 October 2018

110 families in Mfuleni have no taps, toilets, electricity or even rubbish bin bags

“Government never told us where we should live after we had to move out”

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News | 18 September 2018

Taps run dry as drought grips Queenstown

Main dam is at 10% capacity

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Brief | 21 August 2018

Land occupiers raise funds for fire victim, water installations, gravel roads

City of Cape Town criticises illegal water connections at Khayelitsha land occupation

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News | 20 August 2018

Two toilets for dozens of residents in Khayelitsha

City says shacks in Enkanini will need to be relocated to make space for more toilets

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News | 3 August 2018

School children sent home when taps run dry

Ndlelayabasha Primary in Pietermaritzburg is struggling with water shortages

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Brief | 27 July 2018

R78 million Eastern Cape water project fails to deliver

“In the past 18 months we have had water for only eight months. The last time water was running in our taps was six months ago.”

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Brief | 23 July 2018

Khayelitsha residents install their own communal taps

City of Cape Town says connections are illegal but it will see if it can assist with services

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Brief | 20 July 2018

Was the water shortage caused by farmers, city dwellers or drought?

We have analysed the data, and can now answer this question

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Science | 19 July 2018

Municipality fails to fix burst pipe for two years, says resident

Uitenhage resident says area around his house remains waterlogged despite reporting the problem to the City several times

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Brief | 9 July 2018

Grahamstown’s water problems are under control

It is going to be a fantastic festival

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Right to reply | 24 June 2018

Shacks flooded after week of Cape rains

Dam levels are rising and Day Zero in 2019 is unlikely, but for hundreds of thousands of people, the rains bring hardship

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Photo Essay | 22 June 2018

Grahamstown’s dirty water blamed on municipality’s inefficiency

Water was not being tested or treated properly because of a lack of money

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News | 21 June 2018