Tag Archives: Water Crisis

Rand Water seeks legal action against municipalities failing to settle debt

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintSABC News, 29 June 2023 Rand Water has sought to take legal action against some of the municipalities that continue to fail to settle their debt agreement. Read More

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Joburg water reservoirs critically low

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintPhathu Luvhengo, Sowetan Live, 14 June 2023 Water problems continue in several parts of Johannesburg as Hursthill 1 and 2 reservoirs remained critically low to empty. Read More

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SA’s drinking water quality has dropped due to defective infrastructure, neglect

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintReporter, The Citizen, 11 June 2023 A report released by the South African government paints a grim picture of the country’s water resources and water infrastructure as well as the overall quality of its drinking water. Read More

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Municipalities face charges over water

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintJeanette Chabalala, Sowetan Live, 9 June 2023 As President Cyril Ramaphosa was admitting to his government failing the people of cholera-hit Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, it emerged that 11 municipalities are facing criminal investigations for failing to submit plans to … Continue reading

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Power outage affects water supply to some Joburg suburbs

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintBelinda Pheto, Times Live, 8 June 2023 Theft and vandalism at the Orlando power station in Soweto has left many areas in Joburg without water on Thursday. Read More

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Drinking water quality getting worse – Mchunu

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintJeanette Chabalala, Sowetan Live, 7 June 2023 The quality of water you are drinking now is worse than that you were drinking more than a decade ago. Read More

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