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Worker safety: Findings by the Karonga district commissioner reveal that drinking water at Kayelekera mine does not meet acceptable standards. Photo: Supplied
AFRICA

Uranium mine audit flags toxic water and sanitation failures

Lotus Resources’ Kayelekera mine faces scrutiny after an audit revealed water safety and sanitation failures affecting workers

  • Collins Mtika
9 min read
Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina has approved a temporary increase in water abstraction by Rand Water to stabilise Gauteng’s strained municipal water systems (DWS/X)
ETHEKWINI WATER SUPPLY

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

  • Des Erasmus
6 min read
Kariba REDD+ Project members fetching water from the borehole to irrigate their garden in Hurungwe RDC, Zimbabwe.
CHOLERA

WaterAid warns of regional cholera epidemic as cases spread across Southern Africa

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

  • WaterAid
4 min read
It is crucial not to overlook the Apies River as a potential contributor to the situation in Hammanskraal. (Facebook)
APIES RIVER

Cholera in the capital: the search for the source

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

  • Basanda Nondlazi
13 min read
Residents, community organisations and civil society groups across Johannesburg have united to demand urgent action to end the city’s deepening water crisis. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
BIODIVERSITY LOSS

SA needs clear law to protect strategic water source areas

Our government must accelerate efforts to formally protect the zones and introduce the necessary amendments in legislation

  • Catherine Horsfield
  • Tatenda Muponde
6 min read
About seven billion litres of sewage are released every day into rivers and dams. (Andy Mkosi)
APIES RIVER

Government has known about Hammanskraal time bomb for over a decade – OUTA

The problems date back to about 2008, when large quantities of raw sewage began flowing into the Apies River from the Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment Works in Tshwane

  • Ferrial Adam
  • Julius Kleynhans
8 min read