November 12
South Africa: Chaos As Joburg Water Tries to Remove Illegal Connections
GroundUp
Residents of Phumla Mqashi informal settlement chase away technicians Read more »
South Africa: Water Woes, Questions Over Governance Loom Before Matzikama Municipality By-Election
Daily Maverick
Next week, residents of Klawer will go to the polls in a by-election in the Matzikama Municipality. While campaigning is in full swing, the area is now gripped by an ongoing water… Read more »
South Africa: Constitutional Court Shutdown Over Water Cuts Is an Embarrassing Low-Point for Collapsing Joburg Metro [press release]
DA
It is a national embarrassment that the inability of the City of Johannesburg to supply water to its residents, business and public sector offices, has now led to the shutdown of… Read more »
Kenya: Sakaja Announces 140mn Litres of Water Boost to Ease Nairobi's Supply Crisis
Capital FM
Residents of Nairobi will soon benefit from an additional 140 million litres of water daily from the Northern Water Collection Tunnel, a major project aimed at addressing the… Read more »
November 11
South Africa: Joburg's Water Restrictions Set to Tighten Further As Crisis Deepens
Daily Maverick
Office of the Chief Justice reveals Constitutional Court has been unable to sit because of unreliable water supply. This article is free to read.Sign up for free or sign in to… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Investors Speed Up Irrigation Growth, Water Supplies [editorial]
The Herald
IT is becoming increasingly obvious that Zimbabwe needs to capture and use or store almost every drop of rain that falls on the country in this era of climate change to combat the… Read more »
November 08
South Africa: Eastern Cape Villagers Fund Their Own Water Supply
GroundUp
They say Alfred Nzo District Municipality has failed them Read more »
November 07
South Africa: Sewage Flows in Streets As KZN Township Faces Water Crisis
GroundUp
For six months Sithembile township in Glencoe has been struggling with water shortages Read more »
South Africa: Walking Joburg's Biggest Baddest River - Boerboels and Cable Thieves
GroundUp
As the magnitude of Johannesburg's water crisis becomes clear, water authorities are beginning to look at what it would take to use water from alternative sources, including the… Read more »
Africa: Arab Region Leaders, Experts Gather to Find Solutions to Water Scarcity, Sustainable Development
IPS
The Arab region is among the most water-scarce areas globally, as nearly 392 million people live in countries facing water scarcity or absolute water scarcity. So dire is the… Read more »
Namibia: Schlettwein Calls for Water Funding to Be Prioritised
Namibian
Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform Calle Schlettwein has called on African governments to resolve the freshwater crisis. Read more »
November 06
Africa: Food Security in Africa - Managing Water Will Be Vital in a Rapidly Growing Region [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa's population is growing at 2.7% per year and is expected to reach two billion by the year 2050. The region's urban population is growing even faster: it was at… Read more »
Liberia: EPA Investigates Rubber Giant Firestone for Alleged Water Pollution
FrontPageAfrica
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through its Environmental Research & Radiation Safety (ERRS) division, is investigating Firestone Liberia for allegedly polluting… Read more »
Zimbabwe: What World Class City Status Without Water?
263Chat
Having lived without tape water for the past 32 years, residents from Mabvuku are convinced that the dream of turning Harare into a World Class City by 2025 is nothing but a big… Read more »
Liberia: Communities in Paynesville Benefit From Waste Management Training
FrontPageAfrica
Over 100 community members in Pipeline and 72nd Communities in Paynesville have benefitted from a daylong training in waste management, aimed at enabling them to curb the stockpile… Read more »
November 05
Africa: Sanitation and Hygiene in Africa!
The Point
Poor sanitation and high-risk hygiene behaviors confine the poor in a vicious cycle of poor health, environmental degradation, malnutrition, reduced productivity and loss of… Read more »
November 04
Namibia: Hardap's Desperate Times - Four Die, 188 Hospitalised With Severe Malnutrition As Taps Run Dry
New Era
Four children died and 188 people have been admitted to medical facilities in the Hardap region due to malnutrition. Read more »
Nigeria: Flood Wreaks Havoc, Sacks Several Bayelsa Communities
Vanguard
thousands of people from Bayelsa communities have been displaced from their homes by flood. Read more »
November 03
Kenya: Nairobi to Gain More Water As Tunnel Nears Completion
Capital FM
Residents of Nairobi City will soon enjoy increased supply of clean drinking water as the Northern Collector Tunnel in Murang'a is near completion, President William Ruto has… Read more »
South Africa: Hundreds of Illegal Miners Arrested After Underground Food and Water Supplies Cut
Daily Maverick
The zama zamas who surfaced at Orkney over the weekend are the small fish in this big pond of criminality. The big fish have yet to be landed in the net. Read more »
November 01
South Africa: Broken Promises and Neglect - the Struggle for Clean Tap Water in Rural KZN
GroundUp
"Sometimes we fight over water" Read more »
October 31
South Africa: Limpopo Water Crisis Delays R37-Million Stadium
GroundUp
Vhembe stadium still unfinished a year after completion was scheduled Read more »
October 30
South Africa: SA's 'Water Wars' to Worsen Due to Climate Crisis, Presidential Climate Commission Told
Daily Maverick
Amid water restrictions in Gauteng, the Presidential Climate Commission hosted a workshop in Pretoria with the Department of Water and Sanitation to address South Africa's urgent… Read more »
South Africa: Government to Launch Next Phase of Operation Vulindlela
SAnews.gov.za
Government is expected to launch the next phase of Operation Vulindlela, which is aimed at accelerating the implementation of structural reforms. Read more »
Uganda: Minister Commissions Dead Shs2.2bn Solar Water Pump
Nile Post
\"With the powers vested in me, I commission the solar water pump to serve the community of Kapeke Village and its neighbourhoods," declared Minister Aisha Sekindi during a recent… Read more »
