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Lekwa municipality won’t answer questions about why children died in fire
Three children are dead. More than a dozen homes have been gutted by fires in the past six months. And, as...
Editorial: Corrupt, negligent municipalities kill
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.
No firetruck to save three siblings
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
Tens of millions spent on repairs but sewage still flows in the Vaal
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
Jozi’s biogas plant goes to waste
The Northern Works sewage plant could generate 4.2MW of power but is operating at 20% capacity
Water-shedding will make load-shedding seem like a jol
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
An El Niño away from water crisis
Outdated data, debt and mismanagement — Gauteng’s water plans predict a crisis.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%
Past failures don’t bode well for Mokonyane tenure
Minister takes over a crucial department, despite leading the water department into crisis
Lawyers tackle mega dump plan
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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