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South Africa: Khayelitsha Residents Install Their Own Communal Taps
GroundUp, 20 July 2018
Residents of Siyahlala informal settlement, Khayelitsha, have started to install their own water pipes. Read more »
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South Africa: Will Cape Water Restrictions Be Eased?
News24Wire, 20 July 2018
The Department of Water and Sanitation is expected to hold a high-level meeting on Friday to assess whether the severe water restrictions in Cape Town and surrounding areas can be… Read more »
Residents Build Own Water Pipes in Drought-Hit Cape Town
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 Siyahlala informal settlement in Khayelitsha, Cape Town banded together to install their own water pipes.
Residents of Siyahlala informal settlement in Khayelitsha prepare to install their own water taps.
Siyahlala residents dig trenches to bury water pipes for the informal settlement.
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