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Some city residents have had no water for 150 days, yet have received bills of up to R60 000. (Rogan Ward)

Don’t politicise water crisis, Human Rights Commission urges

Some city residents have had no water for 150 days, yet have received bills of up to R60 000

Members of the Disaster Management, South African Police Services (SAPS), volunteers and other law enforcements agencies pack food parcels at the Search and Rescue Centre at the old Virginia airport following heavy rains, mudslides and rain and winds in Durban, on April 18, 2022 as the death toll from the disaster that struck the coastal city of Durban surged passed 450 wreaking havoc in the surrounding region destroying homes and infrastructure. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP)

Public scrutiny needed to stop KZN flood relief looting

Public disclosure of Covid-19 contracts exposed looting of emergency funds

Former police minister Bheki Cele. (Paul Botes)

Cele: Police could have done more to stop July unrest from raging

The police minister said he received no formal crime intelligence briefings despite it being clear that the ‘dark clouds were gathering’

Police Minister Bheki Cele. Photo: Supplied

‘We saw dark clouds gathering’, Cele tells HRC about July unrest

The police minister told the Human Rights Commission the president instructed him to avoid violence in response to Jacob Zuma’s pending arrest as far as legally possible

Heavy winter rains and an overflowing sewerage pipe have flooded areas of eThembeni in Khayelitsha. (David Harrison/M&G)

Cape Town residents battle to stop sewage flooding their homes

Illegal occupations of unsuitable land coupled with heavy rains cause disruption of flood management systems

Sewage poisons the Vaal River

‘We don’t just wear masks because of Covid-19 — it’s because of all this shit’

Gauteng’s most vital resource irreparably damaged – SAHRC

Commission’s long-awaited report into Vaal sewage crisis finds widespread non-compliance by the government