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Nelson Mandela Bay’s almighty water catastrophe: Stop bickering and fix things, bishop urges

Estelle Ellis
13 Jun

Why punitive, technocratic approaches to water management are not the solution

Nicholas Hamer
27 Apr

Corruption and fraud sends South Africans down the drain

Angus Begg
10 Apr

Ekurhuleni Mayor Tania Campbell aims to undo shoddy management by going back to basics

Michelle Banda
30 Mar

Golf islands in a sea of poverty — it doesn’t have to be this way, but we need to act with urgency

Stephen Grootes
09 Mar

Desperate scramble for water on the KZN South Coast while municipal cuts continue

Chris Makhaye
17 Feb

Residents on KZN’s South Coast increasingly desperate while taps stay dry

Chris Makhaye
17 Feb

The South Coast was once the jewel in KZN’s tourism crown — now visitors and hope are drying up

Chris Makhaye
17 Feb

Nelson Mandela Bay water crisis results in schoolchildren being sent home early

Thamsanqa Mbovane for GroundUp
26 Jan

It’s not a crisis; it’s a necessary inconvenience, says Minister Senzo Mchunu

Julia Evans
16 Nov

Rand Water shutdowns to restrict consumers’ supply in eight municipalities over 54-hour period

Michelle Banda
09 Nov

Thirsty for change: Promises of water remain as empty as the tanks in Limpopo’s Lulekani township

Lucas Ledwaba for Mukurukuru Media
01 Nov

Protest erupts outside Limpopo’s Elim Hospital as taps run dry and medical supplies run low

Bernard Chiguvare for GroundUp
30 Sep

Innovative residents of a small town in the Free State have big solutions on service delivery

Angus Begg
06 Jul

Makana local municipality: Does administrative intervention work?

Zukiswa Pikoli
04 Nov 2020

Heartbreak and panic as double load shedding cuts off Adelaide water

Estelle Ellis
10 Dec 2019

Load shedding has serious implications for water supply to major urban areas

Jay Bhagwan
21 Oct 2019

Twenty years on, has our National Water Act failed us?

John Dini
04 Oct 2018

Cholera outbreak takes toll on poor and overpopulated urban communities in Harare

Daily Maverick Correspondent
20 Sep 2018

Drought and Business: Less rhetoric, more action

Jo Burgess
19 Sep 2018

Cape Town’s tariffs are at the expense of the working and middle classes

Marianne Merten
19 Jul 2018