Cholera

When a group of learners headed out with their cameras to document infectious disease in the time of climate change, many came back with what they see every day — dangerous,…

The devastation of Cyclone Freddy, which Storm Ana and Cyclone Gombe, is being exacerbated by the drought brought on by El Niño

Focus required to fix root causes: lack of access to clean water and sanitation

The report found that a failure to upgrade the Rooiwal wastewater treatment works is a health risk to residents

But the public has been warned to remain vigilant

Farmers in the Apies River area decry the damage pollution from the defective wastewater treatment plant has done to their farms and livelihoods

Cholera outbreak has been a ‘big lesson’ for the government, penitent president says, while promising to fix the problems

Experts say cholera is unlikely to end up in tap water. But for how long will it be germ-free, with half of SA’s water treatment plants struggling due to load-shedding?

The Rooiwal wastewater treatment works is set for a R4 billion upgrade

The Green and Blue Drop reports show that more than 90% of the country’s wastewater treatment works are dysfunctional

Now is the time for accountability. Our leaders must deal with the consequences of their failures.

Another national disaster looms as polluted Apies River may be the prime suspect behind the deadly Tshwane waterborne disease outbreak

Cholera was largely eliminated from industrialised countries more than a century ago, but there are still a significant number of cases each year in Africa

The utility assures people they use chlorine to disinfect water taken from Vaal River, making it safe to drink

Water expert says this does not come as a shock as there are several places where raw sewage flows into the the river