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Precious liquid: Residents drink water from a tanker in Johannesburg after levels in reservoirs drop and water stations ground to a halt during load-shedding. Photos: Denzil Maregele/Gallo Images & Delwyn Verasamy
ELECTRICITY

Eskom crisis has exposed SA’s municipal crisis

Load-shedding has hastened the collapse of poorly maintained and managed municipal systems

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
On guard: A member of the Gariep Watch NGO tests sediment in the Orange River, along which grapes are farmed. Photos: Fritz Bekker & Hoberman Collection/Getty Images
DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND SANITATION

Sewage pollution in the Northern Cape is killing the province’s lifeline – the Orange River

Criminal charges have been filed against the municipal managers of a number of towns for polluting the Vaal and Orange rivers

  • Sheree Bega
9 min read
Photo: (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
IKHUTSENG

Effluent Warrenton: ‘Our town is worth saving’

Warrenton’s residents live in sewage mess and battle with chronic water delivery problems

  • Sheree Bega
  • M&G Data Desk
12 min read