SA Army Engineers are coming to the aid of communities. Some in the North West haven’t had any running water to drink, let alone wash their hands to battle the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Onto its third contractor and R125-million later, the Ngqamakwe water scheme in Tsomo, Eastern Cape, remains unfinished. It was meant to be completed in 2022, using funds allocated by the Department of Water and Sanitation to Amathole District...
Police fired rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas at people protesting against water outages in Johannesburg. Protesters GroundUp spoke to said they had been without water for over four days and there had been intermittent water for weeks....
South Africa’s upcoming municipal elections will determine far more than the political composition of local councils. They will influence whether the country’s cities become engines of growth and opportunity or hotspots of inequality, unemployment...