Water Shortages
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Prisoners, parolees and ghost workers on municipality payroll
Maluti-a-Phofung city manager Mzwakhe Mofokeng is on the warpath to stamp out rampant and entrenched corruption bringing the town to its knees
Water crisis rivals crime as top concern for South Africans, Ramaphosa says
The government is moving to establish a national water crisis committee, intervene in failing municipalities and hold municipal managers criminally accountable for persistent…
EFF vows to ‘punish’ ANC at polls
Next local government elections will be a decisive test, Malema says as party launches plan of attack
In Midvaal, the evidence suggests the DA does govern better
Even the informal settlements have running water, uninterrupted electricity and their own toilets
For Emfuleni residents, life is a daily grind of service delivery failures
The ANC-run municipality refuses to accept blame, accusing some residents of paying for DStv, servicing clothing accounts and drinking expensive alcohol instead of paying their…
There is no water crisis, says Pemmy Majodina, just use it wisely
The minister’s statements come a day after the constitutional court said it was working remotely because of unreliable water supply
Free State tourism growth hampered by poor municipal services, says MEC Toto Makume
Some municipalities fail to provide a reliable supply of basic services such as water and electricity
South Africans must embrace drinking treated sewage water or risk severe shortages
Failing infrastructure and increased demand means Gauteng residents may soon have to rely on treated sewage to quench their thirst
Rand Water makes headway in Johannesburg maintenance project
The water utility is carrying out the 39-day work to restore old pipes This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The Mail & Guardian…
It’s dangerous to forget Cape Town’s Day Zero
Water scarcity in dry places has long shaped how people have used the resource
Joburg Water says systems are improving
But a resident says interventions are ‘a plaster on the wound’
Gauteng: Same water, seven million more people
Gauteng water users need to use water ‘more carefully and efficiently’, says water expert
‘We are living in the Stone Age’, say Gauteng residents of water cuts
The reasons change and the blame game goes on while people struggle with severe water shortages
Full recovery of water systems will take five to 14 days, says Johannesburg Water
Rand Water says the shutdown was successfully completed
We live in fear of water outages, say residents in Joburg’s Melville
Ratepayers have warned Johannesburg mayor Kabelo Gwamanda of legal action if the problem is not resolved