September 20
South Africa: Limpopo Man Digs Well So His Village Doesn't Have to Share Water With Animals
Vhembe District Municipality installed a new pump last week, and promised to come repair the broken boreholes in Tshifudi Tshikombele village Read more »
South Africa: New Frog Species Found in Cederberg
Meet Cacosternum cederbergense, the Cederberg Dainty Frog Read more »
September 19
South Africa: Grannies Battle Water Shortage in Kariega
Toilets are dirty and washing piles up after a month without running water Read more »
August 20
South Africa: Farmers Need Support After Devastating Riverlands Flood
A lack of security of tenure and of agricultural support from government has compounded the disaster Read more »
South Africa: Riverlands Families Struggle to Pick Up the Pieces After Flash Floods
Clean-up operations are underway Read more »
September 18
South Africa: Are South Africa's Dams Safe? Government Does Not Know
A lack of qualified inspectors and low compliance with safety reports raises concerns in Parliament Read more »
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: Province Tells City of Cape Town to Clean Up Dunoon
Warning on pollution and health hazards in informal settlement 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 30
South Africa: Mamelodi Residents Threaten Relocated Flood Victims
The Nellmapius Extension 4 residents say they weren't consulted about the move and demand that the flood victims be removed in three months 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 28
South Africa: Wild Coast - Constitutional Court Says No to Shell Appeal Bid
But way is open for Shell to apply for another renewal of seismic survey permit Read more »
August 27
South Africa: Farm Workers March in Rain and Wind to Call for Ban On Pesticides
They want an end to exports of harmful pesticides from Germany Read more »
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: Hundreds of Waste Pickers March in Joburg Demanding Compensation
They also oppose the City's plans to burn waste in incinerators, saying it threatens the livelihoods of thousands of waste collectors Read more »
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 »