Despite water access rising from 55% in 1994 to 90% in 2026, millions of South Africans still face unreliable and unsafe ...
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Dry tap reality: The growing water infrastructure crisis in SA
In all provinces in the country, unreliable supply, unsafe water and prolonged interruptions expose systemic failures and ...
South Africa’s water crisis is increasingly being described in terms of collapsing infrastructure, polluted rivers and ...
The water crisis has broader political significance. The Johannesburg saga could trigger a South African electoral earthquake ...
Johannesburg, South Africa – From deadly Cyclone Gezani in Madagascar and surging waterborne disease risks across flood-affected Mozambique, to parched land and herds of dead livestock along the Kenya ...
South Africa is a water-scarce country, facing profound water security challenges that are now being compounded by climate change. South Africa’s climate story is in many ways is a water story.
Even amid the persistent water crisis in some parts of the country, South African municipalities returned R1bn in unused ...
People protest the water crisis outside Johannesburg Council Chambers in November 2025. Photo by Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images via Getty Images It’s become a common refrain in South Africa: there’s no ...
The South African Human Rights Commission has launched an inquiry into the province’s worsening water crisis, warning that persistent shortages, ageing infrastructure and governance failures may amoun ...
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