The new water quotas along race lines are not in the interest of any of South Africa’s people
Government says the draft rules are to address the disparities in access to water use left over from apartheid
The directive orders the city to stop untreated waste from entering rivers
Lindiwe Sisulu and her adviser are accused of meddling in a R4-billion development in a sensitive Cape Town area meant to house Amazon’s Africa office
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The water and sanitation department has not revoked or suspended water use, ‘but this remains an option’
Despite the SA Human Rights Commission declaring the water in Hammanskraal unfit for consumption, citizens are being forced to buy their own
South Africa is a water-scarce country where inequity and a lack of fairness and justice pervades water distribution
South Africa is a water-scarce country where inequity and a lack of fairness and justice pervades water distribution.
The water minister has ignored conservationists’ legal bid to protect an Mpumalanga wetland, using her powers to allow mining to go ahead