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Worker safety: Findings by the Karonga district commissioner reveal that drinking water at Kayelekera mine does not meet acceptable standards. Photo: Supplied

Uranium mine audit flags toxic water and sanitation failures

Lotus Resources’ Kayelekera mine faces scrutiny after an audit revealed water safety and sanitation failures affecting workers

  • Eyaaz
9 min read

Water-efficient sanitation systems strengthens climate resilience in communities

The Climate Challenge  South Africa faces an increasingly erratic climate, characterised by severe droughts (drier climates on the western part of the country), devastating floods (high intense rainfall on the eastern part of the country), high temperatures and rising sea levels along the coast. These impacts threaten food security, biodiversity, and economic stability at a […]

  • Shaun Goosen
6 min read
Developing cities like Cape Town are at great risk of climate risk, they need to plan smart

How cities in developing regions can build climate resilience

Developing cities like Cape Town are at great risk of climate risk, they need to plan smart

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
South Africa may have attained political emancipation but economically the chains largely remain. (File photo)

Economic apartheid: South Africa’s transition a warning for a two-state agreement for Palestine

South Africa may have attained political emancipation but economically the chains largely remain

6 min read
Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina has approved a temporary increase in water abstraction by Rand Water to stabilise Gauteng’s strained municipal water systems (DWS/X)

Water and sanitation department ramping up reforms, interventions to avoid water crisis

Of South Africa’s 144 water service authorities, 105 are performing ‘dismally’, according to Minister Pemmy Majodina

  • Des Erasmus
5 min read
There is a sanitation crisis In numerous informal settlements around South Africa. Photo: Sewage waste. Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

Sanitation crisis in Ramaphosa informal settlement dehumanises people

Conditions in South Africa’s many informal settlements cause health and environmental problems too

3 min read
In a fix: Services in the capital Harare are stretched or broken. Transfers of funds from the national government are low and revenue collection by local government is curtailed. (Mustafa Kamaci/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Harare’s fiscal paradox: A devolved city starved of resources

By law, powers and functions are devolved to local government but the ruling Zanu-PF’s ideology is to control municipalities

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu. (PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images)

Senzo Mchunu tells eThekwini to ‘work day and night’ to fix water problems

The water and sanitation minister said the metro needed to build resilience into its water supply system given the flood risks

  • Eyaaz
3 min read
Water hyacinth, native to South America, is described as the world’s worst aquatic weed. It thrives in nutrient-enriched waters like Hartbeespoort Dam, forming dense impenetrable mats that affect boating, fishing and water sport activities and harms aquatic biodiversity. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

South Africa’s freshwater crisis persists

The blame game will only take us so far down the river

  • Umamah Bakharia
7 min read
All toilets need some sort of system to deal with the resultant sewage in a safe manner or be connected to a communal treatment system for that purpose.

Pressure needed on local politicians and government for safe toilets

Officials responsible for sanitation must be qualified and held accountable to prevent the spread of disease and deaths

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
Samaria Ndhove, 54, says she has ‘given up’ on receiving a house

Failed promises: The long and ‘hopeless’ wait for RDP houses

One resident said that if he could speak to the government, he would ‘plead’ for a safe house

  • Des Erasmus
6 min read