Water
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s hometown: no country for old women
Girls from the age of five and women into their 70s fetch water from a river in a town that has never had tap water
Feature | 25 November 2021
Musina residents demand reliable water supply
They have to walk to neighbouring townships to collect water
News | 24 November 2021
High school dropout rate blamed on water crisis in Eastern Cape village
The municipality says a R28 million water project will be completed in March next year
News | 24 November 2021
Are informal settlement residents really to blame for Cape Town’s polluted vleis?
An inadequate sewerage system and a lack of access to sanitation are the root causes according to experts
By Liezl Human
News | 23 November 2021
Eastern Cape women abandon vegetable gardens to collect scrap for cash
“Everything here in Qunu has collapsed after Madiba passed away”
News | 22 November 2021
“We rely on dams and crocodile-infested rivers for water”
Limpopo villagers with limited access to water picket at Union Buildings on Thursday
News | 19 November 2021
JHB neighbourhoods battle without water
Water supplying company says it’s relying on residents without access to call them so a tanker can be dispatched
News | 17 November 2021
Taps run dry in the village of Mandela’s childhood home
Municipality failed to pay Eskom so pump station was switched off
News | 15 November 2021
Eastern Cape villagers refused to vote because of no-show mayor
At the Phungulelweni voting station in Ntabankulu Local Municipality only nine people voted
News | 11 November 2021