/ 18 April 2024

Water and sanitation department guns for 67 errant municipalities

Hammanskraal Water
The survey found that although the proportion of respondents who are connected to piped water remains high (92% in 2023-24), the percentage of respondents who believe their water is “always clean” declined from 75% in 2020-21 to 60% in 2023-24. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP)

Experts like civil engineers say it is not too late to save South Africa’s waterways from high levels of pollution

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