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Johannesburg residents are being told that water tariffs will increase by an average of 12.5% in the City’s draft 2026/27 budget. But buried deep in the tariff documents is a separate fixed charge - the so-called “water demand management levy” - that is actually going up by a staggering 65.6%.

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WaterCAN says the City of Johannesburg’s worsening water crisis is no longer only about ageing pipes, broken reservoirs, sewage spills and dry taps, but also about a city that cannot manage its finances responsibly.

The organisation said National Treasury’s intervention this week confirms that Johann...

WaterCAN is deeply frustrated and alarmed by reports that municipalities have returned R1 billion in unspent Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant funding to National Treasury over the past five years while communities across South Africa continue to endure dry taps, collapsing wastewater systems, sewa...

WaterCAN has condemned the City of Johannesburg after residents of Nana’s Farm, Phumla Mqashi and Water Works, all informal settlements in the city, were left without water for five days.

The organisation said activists in the affected communities reported that there had been no regular tanker deliv...