Elderly Sowetans say the council has hoodwinked them into agreeing to meters they don’t want.

Johannesburg’s policy of not offering water on credit to residents of Phiri, Soweto, as it does elsewhere, is discriminatory, a court has heard.

The Johannesburg High Court has granted the City of Johannesburg leave to appeal against its ruling on a pre-paid water system in Soweto.

Johannesburg’s executive mayor’s term is also likely to end soon, writes Matuma Letsoalo