With taps running dry for more than 10 days in parts of Johannesburg, residents are struggling to meet basic household needs as the city’s water crisis...
Residents in parts of Bezuidenhout Valley may resume drinking tap water after Johannesburg Water confirmed laboratory tests met safety standards.
Joburg’s failing infrastructure is creating opportunities for criminal networks, report warns Johannesburg’s failing water and electricity infrastructure may be doing more than disrupting residents’ daily lives....
Residents in Alexandra have been urged to keep children away from the Jukskei River after reports that the water has turned red. The warning was shared...
Residents of Melville and nearby suburbs will protest after 50 days without water across eight months. Local businesses and reservoirs remain under severe strain.
Words: Sean Christie / GroundUp If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound? This philosophical cliché seemed to hover over the meeting...
South Africa has set aside over R156bn for water and sanitation, yet leaks, sewer spills and ageing plants persist from eThekwini to Cape Town and Johannesburg.
Rand Water will carry out a 12-hour maintenance shutdown across parts of Johannesburg on Friday, 17 July 2026, the utility confirmed. When the shutdown will happen...
Johannesburg Water has reported unforeseen technical challenges and the discovery of a second leak at the Witkoppen Road repair site in Paulshof, delaying emergency repairs and...
The High Court of South Africa has struck an urgent application by AfriForum NPC off the roll after finding the challenge to Johannesburg’s new water demand...