POLLUTED WATERWAYS Neglect turns Cape Town’s Diep River Canal into a stinking sewage trap 5 min 1 By Kristin Engel
WASTE CRISIS Nature reserve and communities collide in Cape Town’s landfill controversy as Coastal Park nears capacity 10 min 4 By Kristin Engel
WATER SCARCITY The reuse of effluent for drinking ’is critical in combating global water crises’ 6 min 0 By Kristin Engel
MUNICIPAL POLITICS Veteran campaigner JP Smith up against young contender Zahid Badroodien for key DA position in Cape Town 5 min 6 By Velani Ludidi
GROUNDUP Barbara Creecy chides City of Cape Town over ‘inadequate’ public engagement on sewage pumped into sea 5 min 2 By Steve Kretzmann
DISCIPLINARY HEARING City of Cape Town’s Zahid Badroodien ‘relieved’ after receiving written warning following meter tampering allegations 3 min 1 By Velani Ludidi
FRAUD & CORRUPTION PROBE Cape Town mayor fires Malusi Booi from mayoral committee after update from SAPS 3 min 6 By Velani Ludidi
GROUNDUP Diver takes deep sewage plunge to stem pollution flow into Zandvlei 3 min 0 By Steve Kretzmann
IN HOT WATER City of Cape Town councillor Zahid Badroodien to face disciplinary hearing for alleged electricity meter tampering 2 min 1 By Velani Ludidi
COUNCIL DISCIPLINARY Cape Town mayoral committee member Zahid Badroodien steps down after probe 2 min 0 By Onke Ngcuka
GROUNDUP SERVICE DELIVERY Khayelitsha all-girl soccer club cries foul over persistent sewage spills and rubbish 2 min 0 By Mary-Anne Gontsana
GROUNDUP SERVICE DELIVERY Broken toilets, overflowing sewage problems persist in many Cape Town informal settlements 3 min 1 By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp
GROUNDUP HEALTH CONCERN Young children at risk as diarrhoea cases surge in Cape Town 5 min 0 By Steve Kretzmann
WATERSHED MOMENT OP-ED How ‘Day Zero’ drought and active civil society saved the Cape Flats Aquifer 4 min 3 By Nazeer Sonday
GROUNDUP: POLLUTION Boat club flags City of Cape Town water quality tests following contradictory results 3 min 0 By Liezl Human for GroundUp
GROUNDUP: E. COLI LEVELS Rietvlei reopens to public after City water quality tests found to be inaccurate 3 min 0 By Steve Kretzmann
GROUNDUP Interview: Mayco Member Zahid Badroodien discusses Cape Town sewage woes and water governance 6 min 1 By Liezl Human for GroundUp
GROUNDUP Cape Town crackdown on homeless dwellings continues with tent confiscations 3 min 4 By Marecia Damons
MAVERICK CITIZEN Inquiry opened into transportation of 106 corpses to Eastern Cape after Western Cape crematoriums overwhelmed 2 min 1 By Vincent Cruywagen
GROUNDUP City of Cape Town to evict dozens of Observatory residents from former circus school grounds 4 min 0 By Steve Kretzmann
