Despite water access rising from 55% in 1994 to 90% in 2026, millions of South Africans still face unreliable and unsafe ...

In all provinces in the country, unreliable supply, unsafe water and prolonged interruptions expose systemic failures and ...

JOHANNESBURG — For every glass of water or a shower taken in Gauteng, South Africa's most populous province that includes Johannesburg, there is a 60% chance the water came from its small neighbor, ...

The Cape Water Performance-Based Bond is more than a financing tool, it's an outcomes‑linked transaction mobilizing capital ...

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 ...

South Africa’s water crisis is increasingly being described in terms of collapsing infrastructure, polluted rivers and ...

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 ...

“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 ...

SOUTH Africa’s water challenges have reached a level of urgency that demands clarity, honesty, and, above all, a decisive shift in how solutions are approached. Recent reflections in the public ...

Thousands of hectares of communal land set aside for smallholder farmers’ use in South Africa are lying fallow because of ...

Thirsti has found itself in hot water with residents of Normandien, KwaZulu-Natal, where one of the company's bottling plants ...