Water

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Water woes leave Joburg residents at wits’ end

Water pressure in Bertrams is too low to fill geysers

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News | 27 August 2024

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Ten years on and households still rely on water trucks

Communal standpipes used to supply water to semi-rural areas of northern KZN

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News | 26 August 2024

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In these Free State villages you must share water with the pigs

2,000 households short of water in Maluti-a-Phofung, says ward councillor

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News | 23 August 2024

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In this village you only get tap water on Fridays

An Mpumalanga municipality says it has a shortfall of nearly 60-million litres of water per day.

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News | 21 August 2024

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Riverlands families struggle to pick up the pieces after flash floods

Clean-up operations are underway

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News | 20 August 2024

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“Our constitutional rights have been violated” - Eastern Cape community fed up with poor water delivery

Municipality blames water delivery issues on illegal water connections

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Brief | 13 August 2024

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Water at last after protest blocks N12

City of Johannesburg sends water tanks to Nana’s Farm

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Brief | 9 August 2024

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The daily battle for water in Tshwane

“I feel very sorry for our old people and I wish the municipality could fix our taps”

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News | 6 August 2024

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Farming co-op appeals against fine imposed for illegal dam

Ja well, no fine … R625,000 is too much to pay says Piekenierskloof Vrugte

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News | 30 July 2024

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Pressure mounts for Gwamanda to be removed as Joburg Mayor

Hundreds protest in Braamfontein

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News | 29 July 2024

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Protesters block N12, demand toilets, water

“Children as young as seven years old fight for water with old people”

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Brief | 23 July 2024

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We had no water to put out the flames, say victims of Durban shack fire

Pregnant woman dies as 200 shacks gutted

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News | 15 July 2024

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Another Makhanda water supply deadline missed

The town has experienced water shortages since 2012, but an upgrade to the water treatment works started in 2015 is still not complete

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Brief | 10 July 2024

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Newtown families without water for two months in Inanda

Municipality says supply will be rationed until 2025 when upgrades to a pump station are completed

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Brief | 1 July 2024

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Cape Town’s relocated railway occupiers protest over water

The R300 was blocked for several hours in what the community say was a “last resort” to be heard

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Brief | 25 June 2024

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These Durban families will have to wait until next year for a reliable water supply

City of eThekwini says the water crisis in parts of the city will only be fully resolved in 2025

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Brief | 12 June 2024