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Joburg mayor Dada Morero, alongside MMC Jack Sekwaila is addressing the ongoing water challenges facing Johannesburg in a media briefing at the Brixton Reservoir.
2025 STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS

Editorial: Taps – and residents’ patience – run dry

As President Cyril Ramaphosa prepared to present his State of the Nation address (Sona) on Thursday, his second in the government of national unity (GNU), residents of some…

  • Editorial
2 min read
HANDS-ON: Johanneburg Mayor Dada Morero has been spearheading countless cleaning-up operations around the City lately. Photo: Supplied
CAPE TOWN GROWTH

You don’t need a summit to clean a city; you need consistency

The people of Johannesburg have cried many tears over the past decade and become accustomed to temporary service delivery ‘solutions’

  • Ash Müller
5 min read
The survey found that although the proportion of respondents who are connected to piped water remains high (92% in 2023-24), the percentage of respondents who believe their water is “always clean” declined from 75% in 2020-21 to 60% in 2023-24. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP)
CITY OF JOBURG

Water and sanitation department guns for 67 errant municipalities

Experts like civil engineers say it is not too late to save South Africa’s waterways from high levels of pollution

  • Lyse Comins
8 min read
Water activists last week “renamed” rivers and other water bodies throughout the country to highlight the dire state of water and sanitation in their areas. File photo
CITY OF JOBURG

Residents fume over sewage-filled Bryanfern Spruit

The residents association is considering legal action against the City of Johannesburg

  • Bryanfern Residents Association
3 min read
Nearly half of South Africa’s drinking water systems are in a poor state. (Getty Images)
CHOLERA
Video

Broken: Eskom, Transnet, Post Office – and so is South Africa’s water

Is the situation in Hammanskraal a sign of what is to come?

  • Ozayr Patel
5 min read