We are at the mercy of ageing infrastructure, corrupt municipal workers and city officials who have lost control over Johannesburg
The groundbreaking sanitation technologies are specifically designed to address problems in these communities
New Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina says she will work with municipalities that are in debt, diversify water supply to include desalination and introduce measures to reduce water use levels
In 2012 the municipality was ordered to fix Carolina’s water problems, but has still not done so
Ageing and a failure to maintain infrastructure are among the reasons so many people do not have clean water
Water specialists have said the use of glyphosate is in contravention of the National Water Act and is a risk for humans and toxic for aquatic life
Makana’s budget, and those of most municipalities, need monitoring and the corrupt and wasteful held to account
The nutrient enrichment problem can’t be solved unless appropriate levels of wastewater treatment are applied
Landowners and businesses in the Unesco World Heritage Site are up in arms over municipal sewage pollution
A lack of necessary skills has also contributed to the metro’s water and sanitation crisis
The protesters in Kariega said they had for years been asking for roads and drains to be fixed
The Northern wastewater treatment works disgorges sewage into the Umgeni River, which flows into the sea at Durban, polluting the city’s popular beaches
Farmers in the Apies River area decry the damage pollution from the defective wastewater treatment plant has done to their farms and livelihoods
In April last year, the department’s Green Drop report identified 334 wastewater systems in a critical condition in 90 municipalities.
The Green and Blue Drop reports show that more than 90% of the country’s wastewater treatment works are dysfunctional
Cholera was largely eliminated from industrialised countries more than a century ago, but there are still a significant number of cases each year in Africa
With its broken sewage and failing water treatment plants, South Africa has the perfect conditions for diseases such as cholera to thrive
The problems date back to about 2008, when large quantities of raw sewage began flowing into the Apies River from the Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment Works in Tshwane
Google Earth shows sewage filling the area from the cemetery to the township of Asiganang, and flowing to the Harts River
Citizen activists have warned that the water situation in South Africa is ‘dire and precarious’
With La Niña bringing much-needed rain, it is inexcusable that South Africans do not have access to their most basic human need: water
Zandspruit pump is a mess, says Joburg resident, citing load-shedding, lack of maintenance, high effluent volumes and poor infrastructure
Umsobomvu municipality pleads guilty, admits to receiving complaints from as far back as 2017
The directive orders the city to stop untreated waste from entering rivers
There are a myriad causes – human and natural – for the crisis plaguing the country
A few beaches were temporarily closed over the new year because of sewage spills
The fish die-off was caused by effluent making its way into the lagoon, a problem that has built up over years
The contamination has resulted in the lagoon being closed while a cleanup is underway, cutting off fishers’ source of income
Just a few weeks left until taps run dry in large parts of the metropolitan
The Green Drop 2022 report, the first since 2013, reflects a serious deterioration in the management of wastewater treatment plants
Poorly treated wastewater in Tshwane is to blame for the water hyacinth and cyanobacteria colonies
Vuwani residents are ready to vote, but none of the top three parties is wooing them