Water
Coca-Cola and Cape Town’s sweetheart Day Zero deal
How big business ignored the water restrictions and got away with it
By Steve Kretzmann and Raymond Joseph
Feature | 8 May 2020
Covid-19 prolongs Makhanda water crisis
Hundreds of millions budgeted for bulk water and sanitation projects to be shifted to emergency response plan
News | 29 April 2020
Covid-19: “At least something good came out of this lockdown” says settlement resident
Mandeni informal settlement got six toilets and running water after 10 years of waiting
Brief | 28 April 2020
Covid-19: Vhembe District village without clean water for three weeks
The municipality says tanks are delivering water to villages across the district
Brief | 28 April 2020
Covid-19: How a woman copes without a toilet or water
“I make my kids stay in my yard or lie in bed throughout the day”
By Vincent Lali
News | 18 April 2020
Covid-19: Informal settlement without water despite Durban mayor’s promise
In January the City demolished the only toilet in Mandeni
Brief | 16 April 2020
Covid-19: Shack dwellers desperate for water in Uitenhage
Mayoral coordinator promises sanitisers and water
Brief | 9 April 2020
Covid-19: “People thought it was a normal holiday” says Boland community activist
Daily challenges, such as access to water, just got bigger in rural Western Cape
News | 31 March 2020
Informal settlement residents demand water ahead of lockdown
“Everybody says that the most vulnerable will be protected but what has the government done to make sure the most vulnerable have access to water?”
News | 26 March 2020