May 06
South Africa: Water-Starved Ethekwini Families Are Being Charged for 'Free' Municipal Water
Private contractor is selling water out of trucks Read more »
May 02
South Africa: Elections 2024 - What the Major Political Parties Say About Water and Sanitation
We sent questions to the ANC, DA, EFF, IFP, FF Plus, ActionSA, PA, MK Party and RISE Mzansi Read more »
April 19
South Africa: Elandsfontein Drowning in Sewage and Buried By Rubble
City of Ekurhuleni has not helped the residents who have reported the issues for nearly a year Read more »
April 18
South Africa: Ekurhuleni Shack Dwellers' Hopes of Getting Flush Toilets Dashed
City of Ekurhuleni says five families can safely share a chemical toilet Read more »
April 17
South Africa: 450 Families, One Water Tap in Cape Town Informal Settlement
City promises to inspect Read more »
April 16
South Africa: Tshwane Shack Dwellers Say Extortion Gangs Make Them Pay for Water
Municipality says it's unaware of this Read more »
April 10
South Africa: Abandoned By Govt, Limpopo Villagers Plan to Sink Their Own Borehole
Only one public borehole is working for 11 villages in Nthabalala Read more »
April 08
South Africa: Children Have to Use an Open Field As a Toilet At Mthatha Primary School
Zwelinzima Primary has 200 learners and 13 staff but no toilets Read more »
April 04
South Africa: Pit Toilet Eradication Deadline Missed By Limpopo Education Department
But department says it's 80% of the way there Read more »
April 02
South Africa: Langaville Families Lose Flushing Loos Case
Residents of the informal settlement went to court because they have had "temporary" chemical toilets for over 12 years Read more »
South Africa: Tourists Return to KZN South Coast, but Water Problems Persist
After a decade of water cuts, wealthier areas have insulated themselves, but poorer areas remain at the mercy of a failing system. Read more »
March 21
South Africa: Railway Line Occupiers Complain to Parliamentarians About Lack of Water
SCOPA hears of the substantial obstacles blocking the reopening of Cape Town's Central Line Read more »
South Africa: Water - Government Is Failing to Realise This Human Right
Human Rights Day is a reminder that the Constitution's Bill of Rights guarantees everyone's right to access clean water Read more »
March 18
South Africa: Police Whisk Water Minister Mchunu Away From Angry Crowd in Musina
On Friday, police had to whisk Minister of Water and Sanitation Senzo Mchunu away from an angry crowd in Musina. Read more »
March 13
South Africa: Joburg Mayor Snubs Diepkloof Hostel to Deal With Water Crisis
People living in crumbling homes accuse the mayor of disrespecting them Read more »
March 06
South Africa: Mbombela Warned to Fix Water Crisis As Taps in Several Villages Run Dry
"The last time we saw a drop of water coming out of the tap was about 15 years ago," says villager Read more »
March 05
South Africa: Joburg Residents March Over Water Outages and Unreliable Electricity
The protesters say they are also fed up with illegal rubbish dumping and potholes in their streets Read more »
February 27
South Africa: 'I Want to Put My Head On the Block' - Minister Senzo Mchunu Promises Angry Ethekwini Residents Tap Water By April
Some parts of eThekwini have been without water for seven years Read more »
February 21
South Africa: We Are Living in a Desert, Say Qwaqwa Residents
More than 140,000 households are struggling with a minimal water supply or no tap water at all Read more »
February 14
South Africa: Kwanobuhle Families Have to Get Their Water From a Hole in the Ground
Taps have been dry since Friday because of a damaged main pipe Read more »
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 »
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 »