South Africa’s richest province heading for disaster.
Residents of South Africa’s richest province are facing a worsening water crisis, as a combination of ageing infrastructure, mismanagement and hig... Read More
Water is not a political tool, but a human right.
Communities experiencing outages are not concerned with political arguments.
By David Mahlobo, Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitatio... Read More
The water crisis in South Africa’s Eastern Cape: A gap between policy and reality.
Eastern Cape government policy often echoes national directives promising better access to water and sanitation... Read More
Water in the dams, but South Africa’s taps are dry: essential reads on a history of bad management.
It’s become a common refrain in South Africa: there’s no drought, dams and reservoirs are full, but... Read More
“With water we will wash away the past” – The elusive promise of redressing water inequalities in post-Apartheid South Africa.
By Magalie Bourblanc, Université de Montpellier, France; and... Read More
Human rights drown in the rising tide of water crisis.
South Africans wake up every day in a country where human rights exist loudly on paper and quietly disappear in practice. The unfolding water cr... Read More
Gqeberha is once again confronting a deepening water crisis that exposes not only infrastructural decay and municipal failure but also the enduring realities of racial capitalism, marked by water apar... Read More
Greetings from The World Toilet Summit in India from the new kid on the block.
I’m the dude with black t-shirt, we have been talking sh*t for three days.
On the left Jack Sim, Mr Toilet. He is the guy... Read More
The Blue Community is delighted to welcome a new partner. On World Toilet Day today, 19 November, the Sanitation Ambassadors NPC is joining the Blue Community. Based in Cape Town, South Africa, it is ... Read More
