BRIEF
22 September 2020
Molemole local municipality has promised to send a water tank to the village on Wednesday
By Bernard Chiguvare
21 September 2020
Property owner outraged that his tenant took advantage of water shortages in Port Elizabeth
By Mkhuseli Sizani
NEWS
18 September 2020
“We will not tolerate this forever because water is a basic need”
By Thamsanqa Mbovane and Mkhuseli Sizani
27 communities “crippled by the lack of water access during the Covid-19 pandemic”
By Marecia Damons
15 September 2020
Despatch residents send delegation to municipal offices to demand electricity
“We are pleading with anyone who can assist us … before we all die”
By Buziwe Nocuze
11 September 2020
Some community members say that jobs should be given to people living while others are angry that the fixing of leaks has stopped
By Kimberly Mutandiro
7 September 2020
Berg River’s sluice open, as dams fill up
By GroundUp Staff
“We are in big trouble” says resident as dam levels for the metro fall below 19%
By Thamsanqa Mbovane and Joseph Chirume
27 August 2020
Taps ran dry in the rural Eastern Cape village of Ngquthu seven years ago
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
7 August 2020
Residents of Eastern Cape town who shared their water face bills of up to R13,000
LAW
5 August 2020
Villages in Flag Boshielo West, Limpopo, have almost no access to water
By Tania Broughton
“We as rural women don’t exist for the government”
By Teboho Moloi
23 July 2020
Enkanini informal settlement gives the City a week to respond to demands for toilets and water
By Vincent Lali
22 July 2020
Equal Education has given the department two weeks to attend to schools with water and sanitation problems
17 July 2020
Staff say they make daily trips to collect water from the nearest facility about 10km away
