The executive mayor blamed drought but water experts say the city’s reservoir levels are ‘leaking to critical thresholds’
Contingencies are in place for the maintenance shutdown, the water and sanitation department says
Johannesburg’s Alexander Park reservoir is taking strain, leaving taps dry for days
Mchunu has left big shoes that need to be filled, according to experts
In 2012 the municipality was ordered to fix Carolina’s water problems, but has still not done so
The tiny planthoppers are biological control agents and natural enemies of the world’s worst aquatic weed
South Africans must learn to adapt, say experts, warning that the crisis will surpass load-shedding
Political parties are treating the issues as ‘peripheral’ concerns
If allowed to pass the Vaal River Barrage, the plant has access to a journey of about 1 000km of the middle and lower Vaal river, the Bloemhof Dam and then into the Orange river
The minister is adamant the country is not experiencing a crisis, despite about half the water in our systems being unsafe for drinking
Extracting too much water from the Vaal River system will result in a worse crisis
Over the past year, Gauteng has witnessed a disturbing increase in water challenges, according to WaterCAN
The reasons change and the blame game goes on while people struggle with severe water shortages
The City of Tshwane will allocate R450 million over the next three years to fix the dysfunctional Rooiwal plant, which is polluting water in the area
The water and sanitation department says drinking water quality from the Temba water treatment works does not meet minimum drinking water quality
Three cases in Gauteng were imported or import-related from Malawi but the increasing number of locally acquired cases is raising concerns
Citizen activists have warned that the water situation in South Africa is ‘dire and precarious’
More than half of the sites showed a high health risk if water
was used for irrigation
Zandspruit pump is a mess, says Joburg resident, citing load-shedding, lack of maintenance, high effluent volumes and poor infrastructure
Criminal charges have been filed against the municipal managers of a number of towns for polluting the Vaal and Orange rivers
The dam levels have been low for years, the canal transferring water from the Orange River Project to the storage dam was not repaired and the metro rejected help from the state
The Green Drop 2022 report, the first since 2013, reflects a serious deterioration in the management of wastewater treatment plants
Addressing climate change is largely absent in the three major parties’ election manifestos