100-year-old resident uses grant money for water as Musina crisis deepens
Musina, part of the Vhembe District Municipality, has struggled with chronic water shortages for more than a decade,
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Patients, staff complain about water crisis in KZN hospitalsÂ
The quality and availability of water have been a major issue at two hospitals in Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN). At Montebello Hospital in Ndwedwe families have to bring water when visiting sick relatives because the tap water at the hospital is…
Protests in Parys: clinics and schools shut down and residents at odds
Residents of Tumahole in Parys have shut down local clinics and schools in protest of the ongoing water crisis plaguing the Free State town. But the shutdown, which started on Monday, has left the community divided. The mass protest…
Free State: Service delivery protests shut down clinic
The local clinic in Henneman in the Matjhabeng Municipality in the Free State has been closed for the last seven days since service delivery protests erupted in the area. Residents of Phomolong started protesting exactly one week ago over the…
Water-stricken Limpopo residents face disease threat
 As residents in the Seshego township in Limpopo continue to experience water cuts, the threat of contracting waterborne diseases has caused an increased sense of fear. Taps in the township, which falls under the Polokwane municipality, have been dry…
Water shortages: FS residents barely getting by
Free State residents are reaching the end of their tether as they search for water – life’s most basic natural resource. Clinics have also been severely affected while patients scurry to find facilities that aren’t water-stricken. The suburb of Moemaneng…
How safe is it to drink rainwater?
In many parts of the world, including Africa, people rely on rainwater as a source of drinking water, as well as for other household and livelihood uses. One of the reasons is water scarcity – sub-Saharan Africa has the largest…
Bilharzia: A silent disease lurking in our waters
A distressed mother from the North West was left with more questions than answers after her nine-year-old son was diagnosed with bilharzia. It all started when Mokgadi Sebone* noticed blood stains on her son’s underpants. She immediately sat down with…
Potch residents, facilities left without water for weeks
Residents in the surrounding areas of Potchefstroom in the North West have had to live with little or no water for weeks. Load shedding has been identified as the most recent cause as water problems continue to plague the JB…
eThekwini water crisis: Desperate times, desperate measures
eThekwini residents have resorted to using dirty water from local streams following last week’s devastating floods in KwaZulu-Natal. Water infrastructures and roads were severely damaged, forcing community members to scrounge for anything they can get their hands on. Although water…
Typhoid fever: Access to testing remains a huge challenge
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) confirmed that access to testing for typhoid fever remains a huge challenge in many parts of South Africa. So far, two outbreaks have been reported as concerns about the quality of drinking water…
Daily water intake: Fill up your bottle, drink up and repeat
Gone are the days of thinking eight glasses of water a day are enough. Mpho Tshukudu, a nutrition dietician has thrown that theory on its head – your body weight and daily water intake go hand in hand. Water comprises…
Clinics forced to close due to water reduction
Clinics and schools in at least two suburbs in Bloemfontein were forced to close after the water supply to the Mangaung municipality was reduced. Bloem water cut water supply by between 30% and 70% after the metro failed to pay…
Moqhaka Municipality: Mabuza vows to fix water problem, but will he deliver?
Deputy President David Mabuza has promised residents of Moqhaka Local Municipality, in the Free State, that their problems with contaminated water would be resolved by mid-December.
A North West village’s water woes are exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic
For two decades Tlapeng village has had no access to water, and the community is forced to drink dirty water. Now, the Covid-19 pandemic is showing just how dangerous this is.