Blog tagged as South Africa

Five days without water for Joburg’s most vulnerable is unacceptable, says WaterCAN

Five days without water for Joburg’s most vulnerable is unacceptable, says WaterCAN

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...

18.03.2026 11:50:05
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WaterCAN mobilises over 150 schools across South Africa for 2026 Schools Water Testing Week

WaterCAN mobilises over 150 schools across South Africa for 2026 Schools Water Testing Week

WaterCAN will host its 2026 Schools Water Testing Week from 16 to 20 March 2026, bringing together 158 schools across all nine provinces in a coordinated citizen science campaign aimed at promoting safer drinking water, stronger water awareness and greater accountability in schools.


The initiative bu...


16.03.2026 12:16:49
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The new Water Anti-Corruption Forum must deliver

The new Water Anti-Corruption Forum must deliver

WaterCAN, a civil society organisation advocating for water justice, has welcomed the launch of the Water Sector Anti-Corruption Forum (WSACF), led by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), as a critical intervention to confront entrenched corruption across South Africa’s water value chain. WaterCAN ...
16.05.2025 00:58:33
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Sewage pollution: a violation of basic human rights

Sewage pollution: a violation of basic human rights


South Africa’s water resources, sanitation services and infrastructure are in a dire state. Billions of litres of industrial pollution, pharmaceutical wastewater, mine waste and untreated sewage are being released into our rivers and oceans every day. This needs to stop. The Organisation Undoing Tax...

18.03.2022 20:33:16
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