Latest articles on Water Shortages

Sekhukhune’s five-year battle for water back in court

National Sarah Smit - 8 Aug 2020

The residents of five villages are calling for the district municipal manager to be arrested

Sewage still flows into ‘Poo Lake’

Environment Tshegofatso Mathe - 24 Jul 2020

Despite Ekurhuleni spending R2.8-million on a sewer line to prevent further damage to a pump station, raw waste has contaminated a wetland

Police respond to rural water protests with bullets

National Anna Majavu - 14 Jul 2020

The coronavirus has hit the Eastern Cape hard, but many rural areas in the province still have no clean water for hand washing, forcing residents to break lockdown regulations to protest

Covid-19 and the call for solidarity: Challenges for informal settlements

Article Hloniphile Simelane - 12 Apr 2020

It is difficult for residents of informal settlements to follow guidelines to prevent Covid-19 transmission, such as hand-washing, in the absence of access to water. It is governments’ responsibility to provide these basic services

Dampener for the weekend

Article Paddy Harper - 6 Mar 2020

Monday. It’s the start of the working week, but I’m already exhausted, worn out. I haven’t had much of a weekend, with jobs on Friday and...

Impossible choices in QwaQwa: What it takes to get water

Article Bongekile Macupe - 7 Feb 2020

A broken municipality and a four-year crisis forces residents to consider desperate choices, such as trading sex for water

Remove borders to up free knowledge

Education Tawana Kupe - 15 Jan 2020

Boundaries at all levels limit the exchange of ideas necessary to resolve complex global problems

Billions spent, and a boy has died, but Giyani’s taps are still dry

Article Athandiwe Saba - 27 Sep 2019

It has been five years since a bulk water supply project was started in the Limpopo Bushveld but people still don’t have water

More irrigation, less migration

Africa Govan Whittles - 28 Sep 2018

The effect of climate change in Africa’s semi-arid countries is driving young people out of rural areas into cities

Nine hours of water a day for remote Australian communities

Article Staff Reporter - 29 Nov 2017

During the dry season, many communities in the Torres Strait Islands have their mains water supply limited to nine hours a day during the week.

How Cape Town can win support for the next round of water cuts?

Article Staff Reporter - 11 Oct 2017

Emulating some of the best elements of a save-water campaign, Cape Town now needs to show residents that the restrictions are fair.

Letters to the editor: June 9 to 14 2017

Article Staff Reporter - 9 Jun 2017

Readers write in about colonialism, and the Cape water crisis.

Modelling the Western Cape’s water future: prudent investment and management required

Article Staff Reporter - 29 Jul 2016

Stellenbosch University WeCaGEM — Winner: Green Economy Modelling

Juba’s water vendors make a living, but it’s a cut-throat business

Article Staff Reporter - 30 May 2016

Water pumped from the Nile is the only option for 98% of the residents of South Sudan's capital.

Citizens called on to monitor dams and rivers

Article Staff Reporter - 23 Mar 2016

Ordinary South Africans are helping monitor water resources amid worsening shortages under citizen and school programmes.

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Latest articles on Water Shortages

Sekhukhune’s five-year battle for water back in court

Sewage still flows into ‘Poo Lake’

Police respond to rural water protests with bullets

Covid-19 and the call for solidarity: Challenges for informal settlements

Dampener for the weekend

Impossible choices in QwaQwa: What it takes to get water

Remove borders to up free knowledge

Billions spent, and a boy has died, but Giyani’s taps are still dry

More irrigation, less migration

Nine hours of water a day for remote Australian communities

How Cape Town can win support for the next round of water cuts?

Letters to the editor: June 9 to 14 2017

Modelling the Western Cape’s water future: prudent investment and management required

Juba’s water vendors make a living, but it’s a cut-throat business

Citizens called on to monitor dams and rivers

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