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Amathole District Municipality

Accountability gap - SA municipalities are taking more water from dams than they’re allowed

South Africa

Accountability gap - SA municipalities are taking more water from dams than they’re allowed

By Sean Christie

Eight years and counting – raw sewage pouring continuously into Butterworth river

South Africa

Eight years and counting – raw sewage pouring continuously into Butterworth river

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp

EC municipality provided one tap for 1,000 desperate families — and it’s been dry for seven years

South Africa

EC municipality provided one tap for 1,000 desperate families — and it’s been dry for seven years

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp

No water, no class – pupils block municipal building with burning tyres over dry taps at Fort Beaufort school

Maverick Citizen

No water, no class – pupils block municipal building with burning tyres over dry taps at Fort Beaufort school

By Mkhuseli Sizani

Loss of R493-million grant will be ‘catastrophic’ to Amathole municipality, activists say

South Africa

Loss of R493-million grant will be ‘catastrophic’ to Amathole municipality, activists say

By Daniel Steyn

Eastern Cape municipalities pump raw sewage into waterways

South Africa

Eastern Cape municipalities pump raw sewage into waterways

By Tembile Sgqolana

Eastern Cape struck by worst locust infestation in 25 years, swathes of valuable grazing lost

South Africa

Eastern Cape struck by worst locust infestation in 25 years, swathes of valuable grazing lost

By Tembile Sgqolana

Eastern Cape officials still counting losses after floods kill 14 and displace hundreds

South Africa

Eastern Cape officials still counting losses after floods kill 14 and displace hundreds

By Tembile Sgqolana

Police officer and 18-year-old matriculant among seven reported drowned in East London

South Africa

Police officer and 18-year-old matriculant among seven reported drowned in East London

By Tembile Sgqolana

No water: Judge issues strict deadline for government cooperation — while Eastern Cape residents suffer

South Africa

No water: Judge issues strict deadline for government cooperation — while Eastern Cape residents suffer

By Estelle Ellis

Hung out to dry: Eastern Cape community without water for almost half a decade asks the court to force municipality to help

South Africa

Hung out to dry: Eastern Cape community without water for almost half a decade asks the court to force municipality to help

By Estelle Ellis

More delays in bringing Eastern Cape project online to provide desperately needed water to villages

South Africa

More delays in bringing Eastern Cape project online to provide desperately needed water to villages

By Tembile Sgqolana