SouthAfrica
South Africa: From Crisis to Hope
From crisis to hope: how SA communities are solving water shortages. Despite challenges, some communities who battled severe water supply issues say that there is a glimmer of hope, improvements and s...
South Africa: Call for Urgent Action
South Africa’s Water Week: A call for urgent action on water conservation and infrastructure investment. As South Africa marks National Water Week (20 – 26 March 2025) and World Water Day ...
South Africa: ‘Capturing Water’
‘Capturing Water’ Spotlights South Africa’s Grassroots Fight to Preserve Precious Resource Before It Runs Out. In early 2018, as South Africa’s Western Cape region was in the midst of a yearslong drou...
South Africa: Waiting for Water
Long-suffering Durban residents could wait years for end to water crisis. Finance Minister on Wednesday said construction of Mkhomazi Water Project, which includes a new dam, will only start in Novemb...
South Africa: Too much Water from Dams
Municipalities are taking more water from dams than they are allowed. One municipality regularly exceeds its water allocation limit yet it received top marks for water management from the water depart...
eThekwini Tackles Water Challenges
South Africa’s eThekwini Municipality will continue to work on various interventions to manage and reduce the increase in water demand that has resulted in the recurring disruption of water supp...
South Africa: Durban Residents Are Angry
Durban residents threaten to stop paying rates. More than half of eThekwini municipality’s water revenue is lost to leaks, theft and unbilled consumption. More than 200 people, representing about 20 d...
South Africa: Water Protests near Lenasia
Hundreds block busy Golden Highway to demand water. Phumla Mqashi informal settlement residents near Lenasia say the water tanked in by Joburg Water isn’t enough for everyone. Hundreds of Phumla Mqash...
E. Coli Fears at Cape Town Beaches
South Africa: E. Coli Fears Rise at Cape Town Beaches. A woman’s swim at Saunders’ Rocks Beach in Cape Town led to a near-fatal infection from E. coli and streptococcus, sparking urgent ca...
