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Still no water in Limpopo villages after five court orders

Tania Broughton for GroundUp
05 AUG

Water woes continue for parched communities – despite emergency plan

Estelle Ellis and Hoseya Jubase
05 AUG

Fighting Covid-19 should not mean that we lose the war against plastic pollution

Eunice Ubomba-Jaswa
28 JUL

Fears over state of Nelson Mandela Bay’s water lifeline as its biggest supply dam falls to 7%

Estelle Ellis
09 JUL

Villagers forced to scrape the earth for water

Lucas Ledwaba for Mukurukuru Media
29 JUN

Give women safe water now so that future generations have a chance to thrive

Mienke Steytler
29 MAY

Eastern Cape premier faces legal action to dissolve yet another municipality

Estelle Ellis
21 MAY

A guide to helping those protecting others during the pandemic

Christi Nortier
04 MAY

Is Covid-19 in danger of killing electoral democracy in southern Africa?

Arnold Tsunga, Tatenda Mazarura and Mark Heywood
01 MAY

Premier Mabuyane asked to intervene as Eastern Cape villages remain without water

Estelle Ellis
13 APR

Informal settlement residents demand water ahead of lockdown

Mary-Anne Gontsana
26 MAR

‘The City has condemned us to death,’ says Khayelitsha resident after water turned off

Sandisiwe Shoba
26 MAR

EC Premier to announce new partnership model for citizens to work with local government

Estelle Ellis
24 FEB

Vandals make drought worse in Graaff-Reinet

Joseph Chirume for GROUNDUP
24 FEB

Province raps City of Cape Town’s knuckles over state of rivers

Steve Kretzmann for GroundUp
20 FEB

Municipal manager escapes jail sentence after failing to provide water

Estelle Ellis
13 FEB

It’s all downhill: A proposal to tap gravity to solve southern Africa’s water crisis

Ed Stoddard
08 DEC

Seaside towns confident that water won’t run out

Estelle Ellis
29 NOV

Parched province faces losses of over R6bn

Estelle Ellis
21 NOV

Nelson Mandela Bay water shortage becomes crisis as second-largest dam is close to running dry

Estelle Ellis
11 NOV

Graaff-Reinet municipality turns nose up at sewage complaints

Estelle Ellis
04 NOV