Water scarcity in dry places has long shaped how people have used the resource
Whether the ANC can keep the lights on will be a key factor heading into elections
Extracting too much water from the Vaal River system will result in a worse crisis
Rand Water, Johannesburg Water and the department of water and sanitation are to meet civil society groups on Saturday
Our water use is higher than the global average – and we need to fix infrastructure to reduce losses
Water outages have left many communities with dry spells since August as the city struggles with prolonged recovery periods of Rand Water and Johannesburg Water supply systems
Gauteng water users need to use water ‘more carefully and efficiently’, says water expert
Causes are a growing population, ageing infrastructure, poor governance and leaks
The reasons change and the blame game goes on while people struggle with severe water shortages
‘Significant intervention’ is needed or the power crisis will deteriorate further, council says
Load-shedding has hastened the collapse of poorly maintained and managed municipal systems
The fact that we are lamenting water cuts speaks volumes of our privilege, particularly when there are parts of the country where people have to walk kilometres to get a few buckets of the precious liquid and don’t have adequate sanitation
Municipalities have failed to maintain their existing infrastructure for providing residents with water
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By law, the state is the custodian of the country’s water resources, but the private sector can help the public sector build new infrastructure.
DA parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane tried to deliver water to a community near Brakpan, but ANC residents chanted and booed him out of town.
Rich people use more of the resource, but Cape Town says they pay too much to subsidise others.
The North Gauteng High Court’s decision in the Carolina matter is another instance of the courts having to push government to do its job.
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/ 3 December 2008
Zimbabwe authorities on Wednesday restored water to most parts of the capital, Harare, after a cut more than 48 hours ago amid a cholera outbreak.