Gauteng water users need to use water ‘more carefully and efficiently’, says water expert
Helen Joseph Hospital and Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital is surviving on water tankers amidst Gauteng water crisis
The reasons change and the blame game goes on while people struggle with severe water shortages
Densification and population growth driving water demand, the entity says
The infrastructure is there but it has to be maintained, upgraded and used appropriately
Significant opportunities exist to extract maximum value from water by treating it as a scarce resource and using it more than once
Ratepayers have warned Johannesburg mayor Kabelo Gwamanda of legal action if the problem is not resolved
In 2015, the M&G ran a series of articles about the critical state of water and sanitation. Things have only got worse in the years since then
The Nelson Mandela Bay mayor has gone against the DA fray, advising against any coalition with the governing party, which ‘must be punished democratically’
Robertsham residents have been hit by water shortages while Joburg Water and Rand Water blame each other and point fingers at Eskom
Vrededorp residents say they are being ‘sabotaged’ by Johannesburg authorities because they are poor
It’s a ‘huge concern because how are we going to cope with a real drought’
Another says the outages are a wake-up call for how water is managed in the country’s economic hub
It took threats of legal action, ‘forced’ negotiations and a series of angry protests to finally get a temporary solution
Rand Water has imposed stage two restrictions to allow Johannesburg Water’s reservoirs to fill up
The way water has been managed needs to change because policy decisions can no longer be based on historic rainfall patterns
Technical steps have been taken reduce water wastage but political infighting in the metro hinders decision-making and implementation
The dam levels have been low for years, the canal transferring water from the Orange River Project to the storage dam was not repaired and the metro rejected help from the state
Gift of the Givers has started drilling boreholes, while Business Chamber members will help repair leaks
Water is treated as if it is an infinite resource but it is a false perception of abundance
The Impofu Dam will run dry in six days and the Churchill Dam will be empty 15 days
Just a few weeks left until taps run dry in large parts of the metropolitan
The Climate Justice Charter Movement has critiqued the manifestos of the main parties contesting the local government elections and found them ‘shallow’
The effects of global warming are negatively affecting mental well-being and will only accelerate in the future, according to a new report
The unfolding of events at recent protest in Makhanda ended up scoring cheap political points for a select few, while ignoring the real grievances
The Human Rights Commission’s report on the river’s sewage crisis reveals the lawlessness of the state
Municipalities have failed to maintain their existing infrastructure for providing residents with water
With people queuing for services, no water, lax enforcement of mask rules and plenty of partying, the virus is flourishing once again, and a quarter of the growth is in the Eastern Cape
Maluti-A-Phofung council report wants former municipal manager to pay back the money he spent on communications company that was meant to establish a call centre for the QwaQwa community
The residents of five villages are calling for the district municipal manager to be arrested
COMMENT This year, Freedom Day on April 27 came and went without celebration for women in townships and on farms in South Africa. It was just another day of struggle, with women having to walk at least two kilometres to fetch water, sometimes from empty JoJo tanks, fending off attacks on the way, and now […]
With nearly 19 000 tanks needed for emergency water supply, the already broke water department is exhausting its future budget for crucial projects in areas already without water