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Government passed the buck on Vaal pollution for too long —panel

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The Human Rights Commission’s report on the river’s sewage crisis reveals the lawlessness of the state
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Lekwa municipality won’t answer questions about why children died in fire

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Three children are dead. More than a dozen homes have been gutted by fires in the past six months. And, as the Mail &...
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Editorial: Corrupt, negligent municipalities kill

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Local government has long been the site of gross mismanagement and corruption. Both of these deny people their hopes and dreams and can lead to them also losing their lives.
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No firetruck to save three siblings

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Lekwa Municipality has been without a fire engine for six months — even though half a million rand has been paid for the rental of two
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Tens of millions spent on repairs but sewage still flows in the Vaal

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The Vaal River is the lifeblood for almost 50% of the South African population yet at its banks around the Lekwa municipality, sewage flows into it
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Jozi’s biogas plant goes to waste

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The Northern Works sewage plant could generate 4.2MW of power but is operating at 20% capacity
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Water-shedding will make load-shedding seem like a jol

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Supplied water is too cheap. A litre bottle of water in a supermarket is R10, whereas 1 000 litres to your house costs just R50
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An El Niño away from water crisis

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Outdated data, debt and mismanagement — Gauteng’s water plans predict a crisis. But it will be averted if people cut their water use by 30%
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Past failures don’t bode well for Mokonyane tenure

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Minister takes over a crucial department, despite leading the water department into crisis
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Lawyers tackle mega dump plan

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Creation of a dump to process radioactive gold-mining waste near the Vaal River may set a pattern for the rehabilitation of hundreds of toxic dumps.
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Vaal flooding damages crops

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The flooding of the Vaal River has caused considerable crop damages along its banks in three provinces.
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Vaal River flood warning issued

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The Emfuleni municipality in Gauteng and the Mpumalanga province issued flood warnings on Thursday after main rivers began overflowing.
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