Nearly a year after a deadly outbreak of cholera, residents say that their water remains tainted

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

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

With its broken sewage and failing water treatment plants, South Africa has the perfect conditions for diseases such as cholera to thrive

Foul water runs out of Hammanskraal’s taps and farmers can’t grow crops because the City of Tshwane’s Rooiwal wastewater treatment plant contaminates the soil and groundwater

Meanwhile, the City of Tshwane’s leadership is being dissolved due to collapsing service delivery

The municipality has been accused of deliberately derailing the contract to sort out toxic water crisis in Hammanskraal