Water
Upington municipality breaks promise to protesters
Dawid Kruiper mayor and speaker “not available” for promised council meeting
News | 10 December 2020
What this municipality hadn’t done in years, Gift of the Givers did in just three days
Water quality still has to be tested, but Eastern Cape villages now have boreholes
By Johnnie Isaac and Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
News | 4 December 2020
Police use rubber bullets to disperse housing protesters
“Every time there is an election the governing party politicians go in there promising them housing and basic services but nothing is ever done”
News | 27 November 2020
Residents punished for municipal water bill mix-up
Electricity cut off because of unpaid water accounts which residents say they never received
News | 24 November 2020
Day Zero in “The Place of Water”
Tsitsikama village in the old Ciskei struggles with a severe water shortage
News | 19 November 2020
Almost R254 million and 10 years later, still no water in villages
Taps of 17 villages in Matatiele, Eastern Cape, have never seen water
News | 16 November 2020
Community demand answers over incomplete water pipeline
The project is expected to deliver water to more than 5,000 households whose taps ran dry several years ago
News | 12 November 2020
RDP houses built 20 years ago still have no water
Residents of Mtititi have to walk up to 2km to fetch water – and when they get there the taps may be dry
News | 4 November 2020