Water
Protesting small business owners stop meter reading tender, demand 30%
Supply chain management office closed by demonstrators ahead of R50 million tender deadline in PE
Brief | 4 July 2019
No water, no toilets, no electricity in Qandu-qandu
Thousands in Khayelitsha informal settlement hope and wait for basic services
Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana. Photos by Masixole Feni.
Photo Essay | 1 July 2019
Pietermaritzburg municipality lets water go to waste, but residents have to queue at the tap
100 people to one tap in Pavilion informal settlement
News | 27 June 2019
Marikana informal settlement erupts in protests
Vehicles torched and shack dwellers tear-gassed as Philippi East residents demand services from the City of Cape Town
By Velani Ludidi and Tariro Washinyira
News | 24 June 2019
Village without tap water for two years
District municipality blames drought for the plight of villagers in Cofimvaba
Brief | 21 June 2019
300 homes share eight pit toilets
Shackdwellers in Polar Park and Tyampolo, East London, are not even on housing waiting lists
News | 18 June 2019
70-year-old shackdweller gets R18,581 water bill
City of Cape Town says residents of informal settlements are not charged for water
By Vincent Lali
News | 14 June 2019
After four years Willowfontein has running water again
New pump finally installed
Brief | 10 June 2019
Political spat over ‘leak’ at city council chambers in Port Elizabeth
Water running from council chambers for weeks
Brief | 7 June 2019