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Impofu Dam. (File photo)
AGRISA

Are South Africa’s proposed water use licence reforms racist and unconstitutional?

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has picked up on the introduction of racial quotas for black shareholding in water use licences, sparking fierce debate

  • Sheree Bega
9 min read
In early February, AfriForum, together with several other organisations, businesses and community members, removed more than 1 623 tonnes of water lettuce from the Vaal River. Photo: AfriForum
BILL HARDING

Spraying toxic herbicide on Vaal River to rid it of water lettuce ‘is criminal’

Water specialists have said the use of glyphosate is in contravention of the National Water Act and is a risk for humans and toxic for aquatic life

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
Plastic and other waste pollution along the Hennops River. The sewage pollution of the river affects the water quality of the Rietvlei and Hartbeespoort dams. File photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G
CARIN BOSMAN

SA hit by a ‘tsunami of sewage’

The Green and Blue Drop reports show that more than 90% of the country’s wastewater treatment works are dysfunctional

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
Hammanskraal has experiecing a Cholera ourbreak in contaminated water. Jubilee Hospital is where patients have been admitted. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
CARIN BOSMAN

Hammanskraal cholera crisis: It can happen anywhere in the country

With its broken sewage and failing water treatment plants, South Africa has the perfect conditions for diseases such as cholera to thrive

  • Sheree Bega
10 min read