Water
Limpopo villagers have to buy their drinking water
Taps stopped working in Mabendenge five years ago
Brief | 24 June 2021
“I grabbed my son and a suitcase packed with clothes” says fire victim describing a chaotic scene
More than 50 Capetonians have been left in the rain with nowhere to sleep tonight
By Vincent Lali
News | 22 June 2021
Protesters shut down dam in Limpopo
Villagers say they live metres from the dam but their water supply is intermittent
Brief | 2 June 2021
Shack dwellers install their own taps and toilets
8,000 families in Khayelitsha find ways to cope without city services
By Vincent Lali
News | 2 June 2021
5,000 Siqalo households have no water during the day
City of Cape Town says illegal connections interrupt the water supply to the informal settlement
Brief | 27 May 2021
Water situation desperate in Hankey and Patensie
Towns’ population swells with thousands of seasonal workers needed to harvest the citrus crop
Brief | 21 May 2021
Two months without water in settlement for elderly and people with disabilities
Eight water tanks for 500 households in Dubai were last filled in February
Brief | 10 May 2021
Nelson Mandela Bay residents blame years of neglected leaks for dry dams
Kouga dam predicted to run dry in July. Other dams to follow soon after
Photo Essay | 3 May 2021
Complaints of shoddy workmanship at new multi-million rand housing development
“I don’t know why they moved us here when they know that there is still a lot of work to be done” says resident
News | 30 April 2021