Water
School children sent home when taps run dry
Ndlelayabasha Primary in Pietermaritzburg is struggling with water shortages
Brief | 27 July 2018
R78 million Eastern Cape water project fails to deliver
“In the past 18 months we have had water for only eight months. The last time water was running in our taps was six months ago.”
By Wara Fana
Brief | 23 July 2018
Khayelitsha residents install their own communal taps
City of Cape Town says connections are illegal but it will see if it can assist with services
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 20 July 2018
Was the water shortage caused by farmers, city dwellers or drought?
We have analysed the data, and can now answer this question
By Piotr Wolski
Science | 19 July 2018
Municipality fails to fix burst pipe for two years, says resident
Uitenhage resident says area around his house remains waterlogged despite reporting the problem to the City several times
Brief | 9 July 2018
Grahamstown’s water problems are under control
It is going to be a fantastic festival
By Ted Pillay
Right to reply | 24 June 2018
Shacks flooded after week of Cape rains
Dam levels are rising and Day Zero in 2019 is unlikely, but for hundreds of thousands of people, the rains bring hardship
Photo Essay | 22 June 2018
Grahamstown’s dirty water blamed on municipality’s inefficiency
Water was not being tested or treated properly because of a lack of money
News | 21 June 2018
Lusikisiki residents demand water
ANC members organise march against ANC politician
Brief | 12 June 2018