Water Supply Challenges

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Marikana residents (from left) Bonginkosi Mahlaba and his nieces, Mpilonhle Zitha and Ntoyenhle Mahlaba, push wheelbarrows to fetch water at Matshotshombeni section of the township, a kilometre away from the Marikana section where they live. (Photos: Bongane Motaung)

BIGGARSBERG WATER TREATMENT WORKS

Sewage flows in streets as KZN township faces water crisis

For six months, Sithembile township in Glencoe has been struggling with water shortages

Bongane Motaung

Residents of Hammanskraal have to rely on infrequent tankers to supply them with clean drinking water.
Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

No platitudes, please: Municipalities, politicians must be brutally honest about the water crisis

Citizens don’t need language that flirts around the issue. We need clear concise communications regarding the water crisis

Editorial