Water
Desalination plant ends contract with City of Cape Town
Waterfront’s dirty sea water causes dispute that is heading to court
Brief | 15 May 2019
Taps have been dry for five years in Eastern Cape village
Amathole District Municipality cannot deliver more water
News | 14 May 2019
Durban strike leaves township without water and electricity
Residents have to stand in long queues for water and some complain that their food has rotted
By Musa Binda
News | 6 May 2019
Faeces spread in president’s path
Protests in Makhanda ahead of Ramaphosa’s Freedom Day rally
News | 29 April 2019
Buy or expropriate the land, Marikana shack dwellers tell City
“In a big and beautiful city like Cape Town I don’t expect this kind of life”
Brief | 24 April 2019
Water protests disrupt Khayelitsha
City says it met residents and addressed their concerns the night before the unrest
By Vincent Lali
News | 11 April 2019
Uitenhage quick to fix pipes … when the problem is reported in the media
Complaints go unattended for years until reporters get involved
Brief | 10 April 2019
Crumbling infrastructure leaves Eastern Cape villagers without water
“We are lucky because we recently got rain”
Brief | 29 March 2019
How dirty is the Cape Flats groundwater?
Water in the Cape Flats Aquifer is polluted by cemeteries, waste water treatment works, landfill sites and informal settlements
News | 26 March 2019