With 105 of South Africa’s 144 Water Services Authorities in critical or poor condition, Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation has turned its focus to the country’s collapsing municipal water and sanitation systems. The Committee...
Johannesburg Water has regained control of its billing from the City of Johannesburg – a strategic move to enhance billing accuracy, resolve customer queries faster, and ensure that every rand can be collected and channelled back into...
WaterCAN has welcomed the landmark Mpumalanga High Court ruling that fined the Emalahleni Local Municipality R650 million for years of allowing untreated sewage to flow into rivers and dams – but says this must be the start of a nationwide...
Municipalities sit at the front line of public service delivery. When water fails to flow, refuse is left uncollected, or roads fall into disrepair, citizens lose faith not only in local government but in the promise of the state itself....
