The crisis has exposed governance and infrastructure gaps as residents face ‘Day Zero’ conditions in multiple high-demand areas
From Melville to Midrand, Johannesburg residents are bearing the social and economic costs of prolonged water outages, with WaterCAN calling for transparent daily briefings and direct public communication from authorities
The civil society group said the bills were probably being written by legislators with ‘self interest and expediency’ in mind
An IT update from anti-virus company Crowdstrike led to the ‘Blue Screen of Death’ affecting million of computers worldwide that run Windows software
Government’s partnership with business and the increase in solar rooftops, photovoltaic and battery storage has contributed to the decrease in blackouts
The water shortage was caused by ‘an incident’ at the Eikenhof pump station, the bulk water supplier said
The civil rights organisation says students have been asking it to intervene and warned if the crisis was not resolved fast, they would have no option but to protest
The student funding scheme has accused the civil rights organisation of veering into politics and, like the minister, has threatened legal action
The taxpayer-funded scheme has accused the civil rights organisation of veering into politics and, with the higher education minister, has threatened legal action
Rand Water, Johannesburg Water and the department of water and sanitation are to meet civil society groups on Saturday