Even the informal settlements have running water, uninterrupted electricity and their own toilets
The ANC-run municipality refuses to accept blame, accusing some residents of paying for DStv, servicing clothing accounts and drinking expensive alcohol instead of paying their rates
Sewage pollution has harrowing consequences for human health, such as waterborne pathogens like cholera, salmonella, typhoid and hepatitis
Desperate residents have removed the alien plant by hand, but a scientist says this is like treating a brain tumour with Panado
Warrenton’s residents live in sewage mess and battle with chronic water delivery problems
Commission’s long-awaited report into Vaal sewage crisis finds widespread non-compliance by the government
The Human Rights Commission’s report on the river’s sewage crisis reveals the lawlessness of the state