Water
Our living conditions deserve the same attention as Coronavirus, say angry shackdwellers
Roads blocked, buses set alight in Port Elizabeth
News | 25 March 2020
Informal settlements rise up against municipality’s “lies”
Roads blocked and cars stoned
Brief | 20 March 2020
Limpopo villagers fear shopping mall will take their water
The Magangeni community want the traditional council to sink boreholes for the village
News | 20 March 2020
Covid-19: Makhanda residents and Red Cross concerned over water scarcity
Makana municipality says it does not have enough water to stop cuts
Brief | 19 March 2020
No end to water rationing in Makhanda
Water crisis could have been avoided, says residents’ association
News | 2 March 2020
Taps ran dry over a decade ago in North West Village
Villagers have depended on buying water from private tankers and people with wells
News | 28 February 2020
“Sisi, what’s the use of voting?” asks Pietermaritzburg resident
Impassable roads, no tap water, no clinic, no community hall and their municipality placed under administration for irregular expenditure
News | 27 February 2020
Not my area – adjacent ANC and DA ward councillors disown informal settlement
Protesting residents of Bayland in Port Elizabeth don’t know where to turn
Brief | 26 February 2020
Couple dies in shack fire in Kraaifontein
Wallacedene shack dwellers say they had no water to extinguish the blaze
By Vincent Lali
News | 25 February 2020