The latest Green Drop report shows how the country’s rivers are being “turned into sewage channels”
Of the 53 schools that uploaded valid data, 23 returned results showing the water was unsafe to drink
The executive mayor blamed drought but water experts say the city’s reservoir levels are ‘leaking to critical thresholds’
Contingencies are in place for the maintenance shutdown, the water and sanitation department says
Johannesburg’s Alexander Park reservoir is taking strain, leaving taps dry for days
Mchunu has left big shoes that need to be filled, according to experts
In 2012 the municipality was ordered to fix Carolina’s water problems, but has still not done so
The tiny planthoppers are biological control agents and natural enemies of the world’s worst aquatic weed
South Africans must learn to adapt, say experts, warning that the crisis will surpass load-shedding
Political parties are treating the issues as ‘peripheral’ concerns
If allowed to pass the Vaal River Barrage, the plant has access to a journey of about 1 000km of the middle and lower Vaal river, the Bloemhof Dam and then into the Orange river
The minister is adamant the country is not experiencing a crisis, despite about half the water in our systems being unsafe for drinking
Extracting too much water from the Vaal River system will result in a worse crisis
