Water

What the latest tests say about beach water quality in Durban and Cape Town

Most recent samples show a mixed picture of water safety

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Charts | 19 December 2025

Claremont could be Johannesburg Water’s big blind spot

Suburb is among several expecting a very dry Christmas

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News | 19 December 2025

After years of sewage flooding their land, Joburg residents start rates revolt

Collapsing sewer line in Carlswald Valley has soaked properties with sewage for 20 years

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News | 17 December 2025

Free State residents without water while municipal officials bicker

Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality will close down its failing water supply entity

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News | 16 December 2025

Kimberley’s big hole of municipal failure

Sol Plaatje municipality’s speaker and municipal manager were recently appointed despite tainted records

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Feature | 10 December 2025

Eastern Cape villagers finally get water, but only for a few days

Water scheme was restored, but two villages are back to having no water

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News | 5 December 2025

Illegal connections leave hundreds of Cape Town households without water

Hundreds of households in Ethembeni informal settlement in Khayelitsha say water drips from the taps at night

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Brief | 29 November 2025

Fewer than half of Elim’s boreholes work and municipal water tankers are a rare sight

Private water sellers are filling the gap, but the municipality says they are acting against the law

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News | 27 November 2025

Eastern Cape families go to court over water

Despite a court order, the Amathole District Municipality has not provided water to Centane villages, they say

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News | 26 November 2025