Zimbabwean authorities have issued a banning order against vendors across the capital, Harare, following a deadly cholera outbreak that has claimed more than 30 lives. The ... Read more »
As Cape Town's dam storage nears 70%, an improvement over from the 38% capacity recorded at the end of winter in 2017, the city has chosen to relax current water restrictions from ... Read more »
The death toll from the cholera outbreak in the Harare's high-density suburbs of Glen View and Budiriro has risen to 16, with authorities tracing the source of the disease to a ... Read more »
Despite being a city endowed with access to water, Addis Abeba has recently been hit with one of its recurring bouts of water shortages. Taps have been running dry for several days ... Read more »
President John Magufuli has replied to criticism from environmentalists and conservationists who have been saying the project would adversely impact wildlife. Magufuli says the ... Read more »
South African water utility Rand Water has said that effects of microplastics - bits of plastic less than 5mms in size - in rivers in Gauteng and in borehole water in the North ... Read more »
As a high-level meeting by the Department of Water and Sanitation assesses whether the severe water restrictions in Cape Town and surrounding areas can be relaxed, residents of ... Read more »
The Our Water, Our Right Coalition had alerted the public to the Lagos government's privatisation plans which could involve Veolia, a company implicated in the Flint and Pittsburgh ... Read more »
Three-year-old Omari Monono died after falling into a pit toilet while playing at his aunt's house, Limpopo police say. His death follows that of five-year-old Michael Komape, who ... Read more »
Governor Mike Sonko has scrapped all fees paid at the facilities with immediate effect. City Hall receives approximately U.S.$60,000 every year from public toilet contractors. Read more »
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