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Posts tagged as “water”

Dry taps, quiet crisis – how state inaction normalised rural water poverty

Billions have been spent on water projects, but due to corruption and mismanagement, many of these were never completed. Broken water pipes at what used to be construction sites for these projects stand as poignant monuments to this rot.

Musina residents want answers over SA-Zim water deal

They had the gala dinner and signed the deal [with Zimbabwe] and then later called the community, but what for? Water is life so this matter must be treated seriously. Last time he [Mchunu] took two years to come back to us. They think we are kids. They are beating about the bush because we know this water is for the SEZ [MMSEZ]. We don't want to go back there [shutdown protests]," Musina resident Donald Ramuthivheli

Communities suffer as hapless Limpopo municipalities fail to provide water

Residents in several areas of Limpopo where water shortages have been severe say their villages have been without water for years, and how their communities share water with domestic animals, endangering human health and well-being.