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WaterCAN lays criminal charges against City of Joburg municipal managers for sewage pollution

Activists must take action over pollution as City of Johannesburg municipal manager Floyd Brink and former manager Bryne Maduka failed to stop year-long sewage spill blamed on infrastructure failure

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Jonathan
25.07.2023 20:33:23 - Comment(s)

Urgent action required against errant water service providers, says WaterCAN

The Blue, Green and No drop reports show that water service providers do not care about the quality or quantity of water they provide or whether people get ill

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  The extremely high level of failure of ...
Jonathan
07.06.2023 19:00:10 - Comment(s)

WaterCAN tests water in Hammanskraal – free from cholera but unsafe to drink

WaterCAN tests show no cholera in Hammanskraal but water from four taps – including a water tanker filling point – is not safe to drink

 

Caption: The four taps in Hammanskraal where Aquatico Laboratories collected samp...

Jonathan
01.06.2023 22:52:15 - Comment(s)

WaterCAN tests Joburg water

We carried out 12 tests and all sites showed clean drinkable water

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WaterCAN, an initiative of Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA), has recently conducted testing of water quality at various public points around the City of Johannesburg. The first batch of ...
Jonathan
03.05.2023 05:18:16 - Comment(s)

WaterCAN not surprised over Cholera outbreak linked to polluted South African rivers

Urgent action needed to prevent further cholera outbreak linked to polluted rivers in South Africa

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South Africa has seen an alarming increase in cholera cases over the past few months, with 10 confirme...
Jonathan
30.03.2023 21:40:57 - Comment(s)