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Municipalities have failed to maintain their existing infrastructure for providing residents with water

The water and sanitation department has not revoked or suspended water use, ‘but this remains an option’

The technology service company has cut its debt from R4-billion to R2-billion in just two years. Its reputation was harmed by corruption that has come to light during the inquiry into state capture

Years of pollution in the rivers flowing through the Cradle of Humankind, and Mogale City’s inaction — are a risk to the environment, our health and — cultural status.

The water department says even water tankers are not immune to the selfish acts of Covidpreneurs

The state rapidly put in place a solution for the emergency provision of water, but it has been hampered by the shortage, and cost, of water tankers

The water and sanitation minister has detailed her department's moves to combat corruption, but failed to address corruption claims her top adviser

New research details how the department was broken, profiting a select few and leaving a third of South Africa’s population without clean water

More than 5.3-million households and 21-million people don’t have clean water, despite money being spent on dams and pipelines to deliver water to 95% of the population. Sipho Kings looks at how R1.3-trillion worth of infrastructure has been subject to so much corruption and mismanagement that many places are worse off than in 1994, leaving the state with a R898-billion bill this decade

The minister’s selection of an interim estate agency board was allegedly unlawful

Colourful Numbers is a new podcast that attempts to tell the stories behind the data, particularly the ones that are important for our survival

The public protector says an interim order to prevent the release of her report is ‘an intrusion by courts’

Environmental groups issues with the Western Cape phosphate mine’s water use licence will go before the Water Tribunal

It would halt the abuse of taxpayers’ money in the water sector and ensure the efficient and effective utilisation of this precious resource

Protests, corruption, mismanagement — the department explains its failure to deliver water