February 09
South Africa: Durban Builds Boreholes to Relieve Water Crisis
"We were hoping that the borehole was going to pump water into our yards. The borehole is too far from my house" Read more »
February 06
South Africa: Rubbish Piles Up in Growing Mfuleni Settlements
More families moved onto land during Covid Read more »
February 05
South Africa: Minister Promises to Restore Water Supply to Durban Suburbs By 15 February
Head of the water department in eThekwini told to solely focus on resolving the water crisis by next week Read more »
South Africa: Steel Mill in Cape Town Ordered to Comply With Air Quality Regulations
Kamal-CISCO told to cease operations and meet conditions of emissions licence Read more »
February 01
South Africa: Gangs Make Us Pay for Access to Water, Say Mamelodi Township Residents
Municipality confirms illegal connections to the reservoir but blames people occupying nearby land Read more »
January 31
South Africa: Garbage Piling Up in Cape Town Townships As Extortion Gangs Drive Out City Contractors
In some areas of Phillipi East rubbish has not been collected for nine months Read more »
South Africa: Housing Project for 500 Dunoon Families Put On Hold
Western Cape government revising its plan and budget Read more »
January 24
South Africa: Cape Fishers Worried About Declining Fish Populations
"The South African story has already been written in Namibia" where there was a three-year moratorium on sardine and anchovy catch because stocks were so low Read more »
January 22
South Africa: Eastern Cape Families Who Were Promised Houses Have Been Given ... Toilets
Municipality and province disagree about housing list Read more »
January 12
South Africa: Outrage Over Slow Pace of Upgrades to Pretoria Zoo
SANBI says it is "balancing" visitors' experience with its ongoing upgrades since taking over the facility in 2018 Read more »
January 10
South Africa: Prasa Settlement to Double in Size in Spite of Problems With Water and Sanitation
Nearly 500 more families to be moved in by the end of the month Read more »
January 08
South Africa: Children Kayak in Kariega's Flooded Streets
Local business owners scupper latest effort by Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality to remove water Read more »
December 11, 2023
South Africa: Picket Against Fossil Fuels At Muizenberg Beach
Protests coincide with COP28 summit underway in Dubai Read more »
December 08, 2023
South Africa: One Child Dead and Several People Injured in Bloemfontein Storm
Hundreds of people in Phase 6 location lost most of their belongings and now have to rebuild their homes Read more »
December 07, 2023
South Africa: Australian Company to Start Seismic Survey Off West Coast in January
Environmental report acknowledges that seismic blasts, which are much louder than gunshots, can kill fish particularly those with swim bladders Read more »
December 06, 2023
South Africa: South Africa Needs to Spend an Extra R535-Billion a Year to Meet Climate Goals
Climate investments need to jump from R131-million a year, Presidential Climate Commission says Read more »
December 04, 2023
South Africa: African Dinosaurs and the Sixth Mass Extinction
Palaeobiologist Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan speaks at GroundUp's Science for the People seminar Read more »
November 29, 2023
South Africa: Clean Our 'Stinking' Canal, Demand Moeggesukkel Shack Dwellers
Nelson Mandela Bay ward councillor promises they will get water by Christmas and electricity in January Read more »
November 20, 2023
South Africa: Khayelitsha Residents Document Their Daily Struggle With Toilets
Photographic exhibition shows access to sanitation from the perspective of people living in informal settlements Read more »
November 17, 2023
South Africa: Sewage in the Sea - Cape Town Council Fails to Meet Hout Bay Permit Conditions
The City of Cape Town's own data shows it is releasing more sewage than is allowed Read more »
November 14, 2023
South Africa: Limpopo Villagers Have to Pray for Rain or Buy Borehole Water
Two villages in the Malamulele region don't have access to clean running water, despite the municipality installing boreholes there. Read more »
November 07, 2023
South Africa: It's 'Toad Versus Road' in the Western Cape High Court
Environmentalists challenge road extension that threatens endangered Western Leopard Toads Read more »
November 03, 2023
South Africa: City Must Stop Violating Hammanskraal Residents' Water Rights - Public Protector
Following the cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, the City needs to comply with the Public Protector's orders Read more »
November 01, 2023
South Africa: Mandela Park Families Approved a Sample Toilet in 2008. 15 Years Later, They're Still Waiting for the Rest
Residents of Eastern Cape informal settlement say they're not going to vote unless they get their promised toilets Read more »
October 30, 2023
South Africa: Communal Toilets Overflowing With Faeces Due to Extortion
About a month ago, Sanitech workers were held at gunpoint and extortionists demanded several thousand rand Read more »