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Ferrial Adam

Dr Ferrial Adam is the Executive Director of WaterCAN and a leading advocate for water justice and accountable governance in South Africa.

Latest Work

Ferrial Adam

7 August 2026

National Water Action Plan gets the diagnosis right but misses the real fix

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Ferrial Adam

11 December 2024

Drowning in corruption — how South Africa's water systems fail citizens and erode trust

4 min

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Ferrial Adam

24 March 2024

How to jointly stop the water crisis from becoming a national catastrophe

6 min

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Ferrial Adam

20 December 2023

Climate change and South Africa’s water woes — an urgent call to community action

5 min

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Ferrial Adam

19 September 2023

Citizen scientists take the plunge to change the tide on water quality

4 min

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We tried to lay criminal charges against Joburg for water pollution - the SAPS didn’t know how

RIVERS OF FILTH OP-ED

24 May 2023

We tried to lay criminal charges against Joburg for water pollution - the SAPS didn’t know how

5 min

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Ferrial Adam

17 November 2022

South Africa’s sewage pollution crisis is impacting our food safety

4 min

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Ferrial Adam

26 May 2022

Building a network of citizen scientists to help protect our water resources

4 min

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Ferrial Adam

21 March 2022

Citizen action is the key to rescuing South Africa’s failing water and sanitation systems

5 min

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Ferrial Adam

11 November 2021

Human right reality check: South Africa’s water resources must be democratised

4 min

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