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‘We are paying for this dirty water’

Article Sarah Smit & Malcolm Sekgothe - 29 Aug 2019

Despite the SA Human Rights Commission declaring the water in Hammanskraal unfit for consumption, citizens are being forced to buy their own

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Bold steps are needed toward a ‘new normal’ that allocates water fairly in SA

Article Staff Reporter - 9 Jul 2018

South Africa is a water-scarce country where inequity and a lack of fairness and justice pervades water distribution

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Bold steps needed for a ‘new normal’ that allocates water fairly

Article Mary Galvin - 7 Mar 2018

South Africa is a water-scarce country where inequity and a lack of fairness and justice pervades water distribution.

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Parliament asked to probe Mokonyane about mine’s water-use licence for wetland

Article Govan Whittles - 2 Nov 2017

The water minister has ignored conservationists’ legal bid to protect an Mpumalanga wetland, using her powers to allow mining to go ahead

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Sarah Smit - 13 Aug 2020

An upcoming CCMA case will consider whether workers carrying sticks at a strike is an act of intimidation or a call for unity

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Fikile has a daring plan for taxis

Thanduxolo Jika & Mail Guardian Correspondent - 13 Aug 2020

The transport minister presented to the ANC’s top body a proposal to establish a bank for taxi operators and to subsidise the industry

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