Water

Contractor speaks out on Makana pump supply debacle

Municipality bungled a tender then scapegoated a director in an unfair dismissal

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News | 25 August 2025

R1-billion Limpopo water project stalled, leaving villagers in the lurch

Mametja‑Sekororo Bulk Water Project was launched in 2007

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News | 25 August 2025

Water scheme for Eastern Cape villages stalls after R125-million spent

The Ngqamakwe water scheme in Tsomo was meant to be completed in 2022

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Brief | 18 August 2025

How SA’s Lesotho water project costs ballooned by R45-billion

The second phase of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project has seen costs escalate from R8-billion in 2008 to R53-billion today, with delays pushing completion from 2019 to 2028

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News | 13 August 2025

Auditor-General investigates sewage flowing into Kruger National Park

But a separate investigation by the Blue Scorpions appears to have stalled

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News | 8 August 2025

Makhanda: The collapse of an iconic South African city

Roads, water supply, electricity supply and finances are in disarray

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Feature | 29 July 2025

Augrabies is known for its gushing waterfall, but communities struggle to get clean water

Department of Water intervenes as Kai !Garib battles frequent water interruptions, infrastructure failures and dirty tap water

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News | 23 July 2025

Limpopo villagers block road to protest three-month water outage

Mopani District Municipality says it is using tankers for Ga-Sekgopo while it awaits approval for a water infrastructure grant

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Brief | 22 July 2025

Lesotho dams authority fights back in “legally baseless” court case

Court applicants say the LHDA has failed to compensate them adequately after they were displaced

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Law | 14 July 2025

The human cost of SA’s water lifeline: Lesotho communities go to court

Thousands of people and hundreds of businesses are taking the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority to court over the Katse and other dam projects

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Law | 11 July 2025

No water to put out fire: man dies

Neighbours in Makhanda say they could not save Thandisizwe Nondlwana when his house caught alight

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Brief | 2 July 2025

Illegal enlargement of West Coast farm dam condoned

The Western Cape government has issued retroactive environmental authorisation for a dam project undertaken eight years ago

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News | 23 June 2025

Out of the black and into the red – Theewaterskloof municipality’s rapid decline

Rot set in straight after the 2021 local government elections

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Feature | 18 June 2025

Sewage, garbage, dirty water: Theewaterskloof is in a mess after years of bad management

But the new municipal manager hopes to get things back on track

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Feature | 17 June 2025

“Where is our water?” protesters ask mayor

Nquthu in KwaZulu-Natal shut down by protest

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Brief | 10 June 2025