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Green Drop Report

Jail or fines coming for sewage pollution of waterways, deputy minister warns municipal officials

Our Burning Planet

Jail or fines coming for sewage pollution of waterways, deputy minister warns municipal officials

By Julia Evans

South Africa’s water supply faces system failure complicated by a legal, constitutional conundrum

South Africa

South Africa’s water supply faces system failure complicated by a legal, constitutional conundrum

By Marie Antelme

'A tsunami of human waste' - Half of SA’s sewage treatment works are failing, says report

South Africa

'A tsunami of human waste' - Half of SA’s sewage treatment works are failing, says report

By Steve Kretzmann

Watergate - Whistle-blower lifts lid on 'probably the most perfect example of ANC State Capture'

South Africa

Watergate - Whistle-blower lifts lid on 'probably the most perfect example of ANC State Capture'

By Angus Begg

'Mammoth effort' and R8-billion needed to clean up SA’s stinking sewage and wastewater crisis

South Africa

'Mammoth effort' and R8-billion needed to clean up SA’s stinking sewage and wastewater crisis

By Tony Carnie

South Africa

Putting a cork into South Africa’s overflowing sewage crisis

By Tony Carnie