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Water shortage

Day Zero looming: Nelson Mandela Bay a month a way from taps running dry

By Dominic Majola

The metro published this on its daily municipal dashboard.

  • Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Rand Water's ongoing interruptions leave Johannesburg residents fuming

    Business owners and people working from home are counting the costs of Rand Water's ongoing disruptions despite assurances.

    184 days ago
  • Khayelitsha residents protest outside the Cape Town Civic Centre on 25 March 2020. Picture: Jarita Kassen/EWN

    South Africa's broken water infrastructure a ticking time bomb - expert

    There are growing concerns around access to water and sanitation in many communities across the country, with many issues pointing to aging infrastructure and the poor maintenance thereof.

    193 days ago
  • FILE: Rand Water said it expected a 25% disruption to areas including the south of Johannesburg, the CBD, northern and western areas. Picture: Supplied.

    List of areas that'll be affected by Rand Water’s 54-hour water outage

    Supply to certain areas in Johannesburg looks set to be disrupted from next Monday as Rand Water works on a pipe that supplies their Vereeniging water purification plant.

    195 days ago
  • The Gift of the Givers said the water would be tested and approved for human consumption and would serve as a backup plan to avoid a future crisis. Picture: Veronica Makhoali/Eyewitness News.

    Lasting solution: Gift of the Givers drills groundwater at Rahima Moosa Hospital

    The hospital and surrounding communities have had little water following problems in Johannesburg.

    353 days ago
  • FILE: Humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers fills up a water tank at the Ntsika Secondary School in Makhanda, in the Eastern Cape. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/Eyewitness News.

    Makhanda water situation critical - Gift of the Givers

    Makhanda, formerly known as Grahamstown, has had water shortages for a long time now.

    453 days ago
  • Picture: 123rf.com

    Zim psychiatric hospital patients bath in croc-infested river due to no water

    The hospital, in the southern Masvingo province, has no electricity to pump water for its 200 patients.

    455 days ago
  • FILE: The last time some rural communities in the country have had running water on their taps is five years ago. Picture: EWN

    COVID-19: Water scarcity, access still major issue in rural SA

    The need for access to clean water has been spurred on by the spread of COVID-19 that can be prevented through cleanliness, placing water at the centre of any such intervention.

    773 days ago
  • World map of water quality around the world based on an index of key indicators from 2000 to 2010, according to a World Bank study. Picture: AFP

    Water quality: The world's 'invisible crisis'

    World map of water quality around the world based on an index of key indicators from 2000 to 2010, according to a World Bank study.

    1004 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied

    Brace yourselves, Joburgers, you could be without water

    Rand Water is planning to shut down the main B11 pipeline next Monday in order to install a valve.

    1069 days ago
  • Water pollution outbreak in the Madibeng Local Municipality. Picture: Bernabe Kloppers/iWitness

    5 years after son killed in protest, Mothutlung family still fights water battle

    The Rahube family lost their son and breadwinner Osiah over access to water and half a decade later not much has changed.

    1140 days ago
  • FILE: The Vaal Dam. Picture: EWN

    Water Dept concerned over Gauteng's declining dam levels

    Damn levels have slipped from 81.2% last week to 80.5% this week.

    1340 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied

    Despite rain, Level C water restrictions still in place in NMB

    The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality warns the area is still in a water crisis.

    1341 days ago
  • Picture: EWN

    Everything you need to know about water

    Experts, decision-makers and innovators work together during World Water Week to foster new thinking and find solutions to some of the most pressing water-related challenges.

    1361 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: Facebook

    Oudtshoorn Municipality works on options to save water

    The municipality has declared a local state of disaster.

    1378 days ago
  • Workers repair a burst pipe in London on 4 March 2018. Picture: @thameswater/Twitter

    Thousands of British homes without water as snow thaw bursts pipes

    Suppliers warned that water supplies would continue to face disruption on Monday as they worked to fix leaks and refill pipes.

    1539 days ago
  • FILE: Capetonians are getting creative when it comes to saving water. Picture: Kevin Brandt/EWN.

    ‘Time for City of CT to share details of water crisis plans with residents’

    Water expert Kevin Winter says it’s important for water saving measures to be implemented now during Phase 1 of the city’s three-stage plan.

    1689 days ago
  • FILE: Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane at the nearly empty Theewaterskloof Dam. Picture: Bertram Malgas/EWN

    MPs wants SIU briefing on irregularities at Water Dept

    Nomvula Mokonyane and her team briefed the water and sanitation portfolio committee on Wednesday on the department’s annual report and financial statements.

    1690 days ago
  • FILE: Sprinkler. Picture: Pixabay.

    City of Cape Town further tightens water restrictions

    With low winter rainfall, Cape Town city bosses have gone into overdrive to curb excessive water use across the Peninsula.

    1721 days ago
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