September 17
South Africa: Ethekwini Municipality Mum On Investigation Into Company Selling Water Illegally
Municipality pledges to buy 100 water trucks to end its need to hire them Read more »
September 11
South Africa: Pensioners Have to Pay People to Fetch Drinking Water From Streams
Taps in this municipality have been dry for years Read more »
September 09
South Africa: Only Nine of 55 Villages Get Water From Controversial Multi-Billion Rand Project
Deputy President Paul Mashatile promises that by November a dozen more villages would get tap water via the Giyani Water Project Read more »
South Africa: Villagers Use Contaminated River Water While R100-Million Sewage Project Delayed
Tsomo waste water treatment works were meant to be completed two years ago Read more »
September 05
South Africa: Women in Limpopo Village Had to Dig Their Own Water Well
Vhembe District Municipality says repairs to faulty boreholes across Elim will be done by end September Read more »
September 04
South Africa: Rhodes University Plans Water Independence From Municipality
"Our students and staff can no longer depend on a dying municipality" says vice-chancellor Read more »
August 29
South Africa: At 104 Years Old, War Veteran William Sadiki's One Wish Is to Have a Toilet Inside His House
"War is not good, and it is painful. If I were asked to go to war again, I would not agree." Read more »
August 27
South Africa: Water Woes Leave Joburg Residents At Wits' End
Water pressure in Bertrams is too low to fill geysers Read more »
August 26
South Africa: Ten Years On and Households Still Rely On Water Trucks
Communal standpipes used to supply water to semi-rural areas of northern KZN Read more »
August 23
South Africa: In These Free State Villages You Must Share Water With the Pigs
2,000 households short of water in Maluti-a-Phofung, says ward councillor Read more »
August 21
South Africa: In This Village You Only Get Tap Water On Fridays
An Mpumalanga municipality says it has a shortfall of nearly 60-million litres of water per day. Read more »
August 12
South Africa: Eight Years and Counting - Sewage Spills Into Butterworth River
Municipality blames illegal connections for pump station failure Read more »
August 09
South Africa: Water At Last After Protest Blocks N12
City of Johannesburg sends water tanks to Nana's Farm Read more »
August 07
South Africa: Limpopo Villagers Have Waited Ten Years for Sewage Problem to Be Fixed
A day after we sent questions to Vhembe Municipality, workers were tackling the sewerage lines Read more »
August 06
South Africa: The Daily Battle for Water in Tshwane
"I feel very sorry for our old people and I wish the municipality could fix our taps" Read more »
July 30
South Africa: Farming Co-Op Appeals Against Fine Imposed for Illegal Dam
Ja well, no fine ... R625,000 is too much to pay says Piekenierskloof Vrugte Read more »
July 25
South Africa: Rubbish Piles Up in Durban Streets As Cleaners Picket Outside City Hall
Expanded Public Works Programme workers lose jobs as budget is cut Read more »
July 18
South Africa: Umgeni - a River of Sewage Flowing Through Durban
The municipal sewage works is one of the main pollution sources Read more »
July 15
South Africa: We Had No Water to Put Out the Flames, Say Victims of Durban Shack Fire
Pregnant woman dies as 200 shacks gutted Read more »
July 10
South Africa: Another Makhanda Water Supply Deadline Missed
The town has experienced water shortages since 2012, but an upgrade to the water treatment works started in 2015 is still not complete Read more »
July 01
South Africa: Newtown Families Without Water for Two Months in Inanda
Municipality says supply will be rationed until 2025 when upgrades to a pump station are completed Read more »
June 12
South Africa: These Durban Families Will Have to Wait Until Next Year for a Reliable Water Supply
City of eThekwini says the water crisis in parts of the city will only be fully resolved in 2025 Read more »
South Africa: Pesticides Are Polluting Western Cape Rivers All Year Round
Studies of three river catchments have found an association between pesticide exposure and poorer brain function in children Read more »
June 11
South Africa: Scramble for Water in Kariega As Municipality Fails to Keep Its Promise
Water tanker runs dry after 30 minutes Read more »
June 10
South Africa: These Inanda Families Have to Walk to a Primary School to Use the Toilet
Victims of 2022 floods are still living in a "transit camp" Read more »