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Residents of the towns and villages falling under the Ugu district municipality have been fighting for a secure water supply for years. (Photo Delwyn Verasamy)
DURBAN FLOODS

South Coast residents to start payment go-slow over Ugu water crisis

Residents of the towns and villages falling under the Ugu district municipality have been fighting for a secure water supply for years

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read
Many large metros and municipalities are not prepared for extended electricity outages that disrupt the reliable supply of drinking water and sanitation services
KWAZULU NATAL

In distress as South Coast stays dry six years on

Visitors packed up and left after finding no water in towns along the coast as businesses battle

  • Paddy Harper
6 min read
A number of its tankers were burned or damaged in an attack on the Ugu fresh produce market, close to the town’s centre, during the July riots.
ANC

Local government elections: Port Edwards’ residents rely on ‘holy’ water from a church

The Ugu district municipality has, for years, failed to provide a constant source of clean water and parties are pitching their elections campaigns around the crisis

  • Paddy Harper
10 min read
Residents of the informal settlement at corner of Moorton Drive and Higginson Highway in Chatsworth get water from a municipal water tanker as they face days without water, 13 January 2021. Photograph: Rogan Ward
CHRIS PAPPAS

R100-billion needed to staunch KZN’s water woes

Municipalities have failed to maintain their existing infrastructure for providing residents with water

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
File photo of the Ugu District Municipality building. (Photo by Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
CORONAVIRUS

South Coast fight for water heads to court

The Ugu district municipality has increased its water and sanitation tariffs by 8%, but it does not supply residents with water

  • Paddy Harper
2 min read
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Dampener for the weekend

Monday. It’s the start of the working week, but I’m already exhausted, worn out. I haven’t had much of a weekend, with jobs on Friday and Saturday, so there’s been no real…

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read