South Africa’s latest Green Drop Report is more than a dataset. It is a diagnostic of an essential national service in critical condition. Of 848 wastewater treatment works assessed, 396 are in a critical state, while only about a quarter...
Operating at the tail end of the heavily polluted Crocodile West River Catchment, Magalies Water is confronted with some of the country’s most compromised raw water matrix. But through internal control processes, science, innovation and a focus on...
As South Africa grapples with worsening water insecurity, flooding, and infrastructure failures, attention is increasingly turning to a form of infrastructure that is often invisible on balance sheets but essential to economic and social stability:...
The story of Johannesburg’s latest water crisis, forming part of a larger ongoing crisis, is largely one of infrastructure neglect and political inaction. Residents from Midrand, Westdene, Melville, Parktown, Emmerentia, Laudium, and Soweto have...