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South Africa water crisis

Environmental injustice is becoming the new normal – we must resist it
Columns
/ 4 June 2025

Environmental injustice is becoming the new normal – we must resist it

On World Environment Day, we must challenge – in word and deed – the assumption that environmental issues are somehow separate from daily life

By Ferrial Adam
Problems flowing from the refill bottled water industry
Thought Leader
/ 12 February 2025

Problems flowing from the refill bottled water industry

While it is affordable and accessible, there is a risk to consumers when safety standards are not adhered to

By Charlotte Metcalf
Hennops, the river of disease and death flowing through Gauteng
The Green Guardian
/ 15 December 2024

Hennops, the river of disease and death flowing through Gauteng

Hennops, the river of disease and death flowing through Gauteng

By Sheree Bega
Water crisis rooted in infrastructure failures and municipal distress, says Mashatile
Politics
/ 1 November 2024

Water crisis rooted in infrastructure failures and municipal distress, says Mashatile

The deputy president says decaying water systems and financial strain at municipalities are driving SA’s water shortage

By Mandisa Nyathi
South Africans must embrace drinking treated sewage water or risk severe shortages
National
/ 3 September 2024

South Africans must embrace drinking treated sewage water or risk severe shortages

Failing infrastructure and increased demand means Gauteng residents may soon have to rely on treated sewage to quench their thirst

By Sheree Bega

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