South Africa’s 25 litres of ‘basic water’ starkly fails constitutional standards, compelling a reevaluation of what ...

The water crisis is likely to hand the country’s main opposition parties leverage ahead of local elections later this year.

Across many cities and towns in South Africa, turning on a tap no longer guarantees water. Instead, trucks – known as water tankers – arrive to deliver water to communities facing shortages. Water ...

South Africa’s highest court said it has been forced to work remotely since Nov. 1 because of a lack of reliable water supplies, the latest sign of the infrastructure challenges impacting Africa’s ...

Water tankers have shifted from being an emergency stopgap to a routine feature of water provision by municipalities. In many communities, especially informal settlements and area ...

“There are water mafias who are destroying the infrastructure,” water and sanitation minister Pemmy Majodina tells The Africa Report in an exclusive interview days after being forced by President ...

The citizens of Hammanskraal, a small town north of South Africa’s capital, Tshwane, have been dealing with the deaths of 23 residents from cholera since 23 May 2023. Tests to find the source are ...

An explosion at South Africa’s biggest water-treatment plant is curbing supplies in a system that serves more than 11 million people.

South Africa's Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina will host and officially welcome her counterparts from Eswatini ...