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Category Archives: Water Security
Water Dept warns Vaal residents to avoid tap water amid cholera outbreak
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintNarissa Subramoney, The Citizen, 26 May 2023 The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) says it has noted the reports of unconfirmed tests at the Vaal River, in Parys, which tested positive for Cholera. Read More
Hammanskraal residents urged to refrain from drinking tap water following diarrhoeal outbreak
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintPearl Magubane, SABC News, 21 May 2023 The City of Tshwane has urged communities in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria and surrounding areas to refrain from drinking tap water following a diarrhoeal disease outbreak in the area that has killed at … Continue reading
Water prices have tripled in the past decade
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintThe Citizen, 19 May 2023 While most of the attention has been on the skyrocketing cost of electricity, especially as load shedding has become a near-permanent feature of daily life, the price households are paying for water has increased by … Continue reading
Joburg to cut off water, lights
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintKoena Mashale, Sowetan Live, 11 May 2023 The City of Johannesburg has given businesses that owe the municipality for services until next week to pay or face electricity or water cuts. Read More
Parly Committee calls for speedy resolution to Makhanda water crisis
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintLauren Isaacs, Eyewitness News, 10 May 2023 Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has called for a speedy resolution to the decade-long water crisis in Makhanda. Read More
Parts of Pretoria East without water due to power failures
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintCitizen Reporter, 9 May 2023 Multiple power failures at the Mapleton booster pumping station resulted in some parts of Pretoria East being without water. Read More
