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Water Infrastructure

How South Africa’s Lesotho water project costs ballooned by R45bn
National
/ 14 August 2025

How South Africa’s Lesotho water project costs ballooned by R45bn

Political and administrative delays, treaty complications and changes in government leadership contributed to the jump

By Sechaba Mokhethi
Economy 2025: A GNU hope, but ports, rail and water crisis likely to hinder growth
Business
/ 19 January 2025

Economy 2025: A GNU hope, but ports, rail and water crisis likely to hinder growth

The country’s ports and rail systems are shambolic, but GNU and a pause in load-shedding have elicited some optimism

By Aarti Bhana
Buffalo City residents turn their backs on ANC over municipal failings
Politics
/ 13 May 2024

Buffalo City residents turn their backs on ANC over municipal failings

Irate community members say they will boycott the May 29 elections because of housing and infrastructure failures

By Khaya Koko
City of Johannesburg counting cost of illegal mining on its infrastructure
The Green Guardian
/ 1 September 2023

City of Johannesburg counting cost of illegal mining on its infrastructure

Road and water infrastructure, largely in the central, south and west of Johannesburg, is being damaged

By Sheree Bega
From the archives: The water crisis
Opinion
/ 31 May 2023

From the archives: The water crisis

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

By Ozayr Patel
Contaminated Isipingo lagoon and other beaches leaves KwaZulu-Natal fishers reeling
The Green Guardian
/ 17 August 2022

Contaminated Isipingo lagoon and other beaches leaves KwaZulu-Natal fishers reeling

The contamination has resulted in the lagoon being closed while a cleanup is underway, cutting off fishers’ source of income

By Lesego Chepape
Why debt is a human rights issue
Africa
/ 26 July 2019

Why debt is a human rights issue

Many SADC countries are using scarce resources to service loans instead of offering public services

By Deprose Muchena

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