HIGH AND DRY OP-ED Pipeline to disaster — how Joburg’s water supply crisis began 25 years ago 5 min 2 By Ebrahim Harvey
HUMAN RIGHTS OP-ED Delayed upgrading in Slovo Park endangers women and children 4 min 0 By Andiswa Mpahleni, Susan Mkhwanazi and Nolwazi Mahlangu
MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION No one can live like this, say Ramaphosa informal settlement residents amid growing sanitation crisis 6 min 2 By Nonkululeko Njilo
LEARNING CURVE Education department needs R46bn for new classrooms and toilets at public schools 3 min 0 By Siyabonga Goni
WATER CRISIS Proposed Desalination Plant: Cape Town's future water fix or a high-stakes gamble? 4 min 2 By Kristin Engel
LEST WE FORGET ‘DAY ZERO’ Balancing cost and quality: Cape Town's ambitious desalination project under fire from residents and experts. 7 min 4 By Kristin Engel
The Conversation The gym can be full of germs – here’s how to protect yourself 4 min 4 By Primrose Freestone
MISSED TARGETS Fifteen years after the launch of Schooling 2025 Vision, school infrastructure promises remain unfulfilled 5 min 0 By Kgaogelo Matlatle and Mbali Twala
UNSAFE SANITATION Eradicating pit toilets, one click at a time – Gwarube launches Safe Schools App 6 min 8 By Takudzwa Pongweni
ROAD TO 2024 ELECTIONS OP-ED ‘No road no vote’ say angry Limpopo residents in face of chronic service delivery failings 4 min 25 By Israel Nkuna
MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE Knysna Municipality must adopt service delivery report or face intervention — Alan Winde 4 min 2 By Suné Payne
FLUSH WITH IDEAS OP-ED Technology accelerator programmes — a panacea for bridging the water and sanitation innovation chasm 5 min 0 By Akin Akinsete and Dr Manjusha Sunil
MUNICIPAL SERVICE DELIVERY Knysna’s water and sanitation problems fuel constant political blame game in coalition government 4 min 9 By Suné Payne
LITANY OF COMPLAINTS Service delivery collapse: ‘Gatvol’ Eastern Cape resident reports provincial-wide failures 5 min 4 By Estelle Ellis and Hoseya Jubase
MUNICIPAL ANGER Swellendam protestors demand end to indigent policy, improved services — DA touts political meddling 6 min 4 By Suné Payne and Samane Jnr Marks
TRANSPORT STRIFE Taxi strike affects service delivery in Western Cape municipalities 5 min 0 By Suné Payne and Jim Mohlala
WASHED UP OP-ED South Africa faces multiple water crises across all provinces and sectors 5 min 0 By Tshegofatso Mathe
‘UNFREEDOM DAY’ Freedom evades Freedom Park as residents protest over lack of access to land and sanitation 4 min 0 By Zukiswa Pikoli and Naledi Sikhakhane
DIRE LIVING CONDITIONS, PART ONE How Namibia’s sanitation crisis is endangering its people, its future and basic human rights 9 min 1 By Frederick Clayton and Sonja Smith
SPOTLIGHT IN-DEPTH UN report on antimicrobial resistance in the environment sparks warnings of ‘slow disaster’ by local scientists 8 min 0 By Sue Segar