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Water trucks parked at an empty water reservoir in Midrand.. Photos: Delwyn Verasamy

SAHRC warns Gauteng water crisis is about failing infrastructure, not a lack of water

A landmark SAHRC inquiry reveals that Gauteng's severe water outages stem from collapsing municipal infrastructure, massive leaks, and systemic institutional failures rather than…

Unsafe: Anna Kabini collects water in the murky Bronkhorstspruit River in Zithobeni. Photo Delwyn Verasamy

No safe water, no other choice in Bronkhorstspruit

Over 800 people have fallen ill in Bronkhorstspruit after the local water treatment plant supplied unchlorinated water for three weeks, forcing desperate residents to collect…

Water faucet. Image: Supplied

Johannesburg water outages put service delivery in election spotlight

Prolonged water outages in Johannesburg suburbs like Parktown West are pushing residents to the brink and placing deteriorating infrastructure and municipal accountability at the…

Rand Water has assured residents in the City of Johannesburg that water will flow into taps soon

Rand Water to restrict water supply to Johannesburg and Tshwane

Rand Water has confirmed it will restrict bulk water supplies to Johannesburg and Tshwane after both metros continuously exceeded their daily consumption allocations.

Toxic taps expose Tshwane’s deadly water failures

More than 400 people, mostly young children, fell ill after the City of Tshwane supplied unchlorinated tap water to Bronkhorstspruit for three weeks without alerting residents,…

Water crisis looms

Tshwane admits negligence after 408 fall ill in Bronkhorstspruit

The City of Tshwane has admitted negligence after supplying unchlorinated water from the sewage-polluted Bronkhorstspruit River for three weeks without warning residents, leaving…

Ratanda water protest deaths a tragic result of poor governance

Two tragic deaths in Ratanda, a township south of Heidelburg, during a service delivery protest over water supply have sparked outrage and calls for reflection on South Africa's…

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. (Photo: David Harrison)

Treasury cuts Johannesburg's July transfer over compliance failures

The National Treasury has withheld a portion of the City of Johannesburg's July 2026 equitable share, citing serious concerns over the metro's financial management, governance,…

Slippery slope: The sinkholes started forming in the township in 2021, forcing families to abandon their homes as they were deemed unsafe. A clinic and schools also had to close. Photos: Lunga Mzangwe

Merafong sinks but funds go elsewhere

Cash-strapped Merafong City Local Municipality has spent almost half its R2.6 billion annual budget on professional services while failing to service its water and electricity…

Honouring the class of 16 june 1976 through water security: youth empowerment is water security

The future of water security in South Africa will not be secured by infrastructure alone. It will be secured by people. More specifically, it will be secured by a generation of…