Joburg’s water: ‘Leaks, holes and no repairs’
Johannesburg’s Alexander Park reservoir is taking strain, leaving taps dry for days
Water Cuts
It’s dangerous to forget Cape Town’s Day Zero
Water scarcity in dry places has long shaped how people have used the resource
Want votes? Get the basics right
Whether the ANC can keep the lights on will be a key factor heading into elections
Gauteng’s treated water availability is tight, says water and sanitation department
Extracting too much water from the Vaal River system will result in a worse crisis
Joburg water outages: ‘Nobody should be living like this’
Rand Water, Johannesburg Water and the department of water and sanitation are to meet civil society groups on Saturday
Cape Town offers lessons on how to save water
Our water use is higher than the global average – and we need to fix infrastructure to reduce losses
Water cuts creating hostile communities, says Joburg Water
Water outages have left many communities with dry spells since August as the city struggles with prolonged recovery periods of Rand Water and Johannesburg Water supply systems
The water crisis in Gauteng’s three metros looks set to deepen
Causes are a growing population, ageing infrastructure, poor governance and leaks
Gauteng: Same water, seven million more people
Gauteng water users need to use water ‘more carefully and efficiently’, says water expert
‘We are living in the Stone Age’, say Gauteng residents of water cuts
The reasons change and the blame game goes on while people struggle with severe water shortages
CSIR warns that Eskom’s energy crunch will continue to wreak havoc and could cause water cuts
‘Significant intervention’ is needed or the power crisis will deteriorate further, council says
Eskom crisis has exposed SA’s municipal crisis
Load-shedding has hastened the collapse of poorly maintained and managed municipal systems
Editorial: We are a shredded nation
The fact that we are lamenting water cuts speaks volumes of our privilege, particularly when there are parts of the country where people have to walk kilometres to get a few buckets of the precious liquid and don’t have adequate sanitation
R100-billion needed to staunch KZN’s water woes
Municipalities have failed to maintain their existing infrastructure for providing residents with water
PODCAST: Troubled waters — High and dry in Gauteng
Colourful Numbers is a new podcast that attempts to tell the stories behind the data, particularly the ones that are important for our survival
Industry can ease the water crisis
By law, the state is the custodian of the country’s water resources, but the private sector can help the public sector build new infrastructure.
Police escort Maimane out of Tsakane
DA parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane tried to deliver water to a community near Brakpan, but ANC residents chanted and booed him out of town.
Plan may see poor paying more for water
Rich people use more of the resource, but Cape Town says they pay too much to subsidise others.
THE EDITORIAL: Water in Carolina, at last
The North Gauteng High Court’s decision in the Carolina matter is another instance of the courts having to push government to do its job.
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Cholera-hit Zim restores water to most parts of Harare
Zimbabwe authorities on Wednesday restored water to most parts of the capital, Harare, after a cut more than 48 hours ago amid a cholera outbreak.
