Water
Eastern Cape families drink from drains as water trucks break down
Three out of four water trucks in the Eastern Cape town of Dutywa are in for repairs.
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PE Day Zero: Staff and inmates at St Albans prison scramble for water
Large water tanks are emptied in a matter of hours, says community leader.
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DWS: No need for Vaal water restrictions just yet
The department said the Vaal Dam levels have been declining since April and no rainfall yet is exacerbating the situation.
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700 residents have 1 litre of water per day in Eastern Cape village
“We are pleading with anyone who can assist us … before we all die.”
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Gauteng's Maile says dept working to provide water to informal settlements
Gauteng Cooperative Governance MEC Lebogang Maile said they've identified several areas including informal settlements that had been battling without water for some time now.
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Plastic particles in drinking water present 'low' risk: WHO
Microplastics enter drinking water sources mainly through run-off and wastewater effluent, the WHO said.
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FACT CHECK: World Water Day: 10 facts – some surprising – about Africa’s water
How many people in the region don’t have safe water? Do Cape Town residents use it mainly for their pools and gardens? Do well-off Nairobians pay less for their water?
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Will the world have enough water supply by 2040?
The projects forecast of the scarcity of water across the world by 2040.
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Rand Water blames electrical problem for water interruptions
The affected areas include Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni, with residents urged to use water sparingly.
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Cape Town’s water restrictions still in place despite rain
Capetonians will have to wait longer before water restrictions are lifted.
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Water Department to re-assess relaxing water restrictions in WC
The national department says even though dam levels are rising, it is still not at the required 85% for restrictions to be lifted.
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CT's day zero pushed back to 11 May
The municipality says more people have dipped into alternative water sources to augment their consumption needs amid the drought crisis.
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Cape Town's water crisis hitting tourism - officials
Though visitors are sympathetic to Cape Town’s plight, there are fears that people may stay away due to the inconvenience of water restrictions.
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CT Sports federations feel effect of drought
Sports federations will have to submit a list of their most important fixtures to the City of Cape Town so that fields can be watered where necessary.
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Western Cape store fined for selling municipal water illegally
EWN joined queues of people in the small store where purified tap water is refilled for R1 a litre and 5-litre bottles are sold for R15.
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‘Over 5 million South Africans don't have access to reliable drinking water’
The Water and Sanitation Department held what it calls a master plan workshop with the public in Bellville, Cape Town on Friday.
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City of CT consulting national govt to increase authority over borehole use
If you have a borehole, the city can't tell you what to do with the water it pumps, but the national Water and Sanitation Department can.
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[WATCH] 'We want water," plead Emfuleni residents amid Gauteng heatwave
Residents in parts of Vereeniging are pleading with the Emfuleni municipality to immediately restore water supply to thousands of households amid a heatwave in Gauteng. Several areas have been hit by water cuts because the municipality failed to honour its payment to Rand Water.
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Plans underway to ensure WC hospitals aren’t affected by drought
The provincial health department's Darren Francis says state hospitals in the province use one point eight million kilolitres of water a year.
