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Sipho Mosai

Minister blames municipalities for Gauteng water crisis, offering four immediate actions

Our Burning Planet

Minister blames municipalities for Gauteng water crisis, offering four immediate actions

By Julia Evans

Johannesburg Water’s haemorrhaging supply continues to dry up leaving desperate residents pleading for relief

South Africa

Johannesburg Water’s haemorrhaging supply continues to dry up leaving desperate residents pleading for relief

By Nonkululeko Njilo

Water crisis? Recent cuts are due to an unstable electrical system, not lack of supply

South Africa

Water crisis? Recent cuts are due to an unstable electrical system, not lack of supply

By Julia Evans

SA is 'staring down the barrel’ of a water security crisis predicted decades ago – expert

South Africa

SA is 'staring down the barrel’ of a water security crisis predicted decades ago – expert

By Julia Evans

Water, water, nowhere and precious little to drink

Business Maverick

Water, water, nowhere and precious little to drink

By Tim Cohen