Away from the headlines about metro outages, modest projects are bringing reliable water to villages and townships for the first time. Two recent examples, in Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal, show what targeted investment can do. Most water news in South Africa…
Planned work on Rand Water’s Palmiet and Zuikerbosch systems from 29 May to 2 June will affect 69 Tshwane reservoirs. The city has activated an emergency plan and is asking residents to cut their water use sharply. Residents across large…
Over three days of hearings, Gauteng residents, Johannesburg Water and Rand Water laid out the human and financial cost of the province’s water crisis. The commission now says the crisis has reached disaster levels. From 19 to 21 May 2026,…