Blog tagged as WaterCAN
South Africa’s 2026 State of the Province Addresses showed marked differences in how premiers and provincial governments are prioritising water and sanitation, with provinces such as Gauteng, Mpumalanga, North West, Eastern Cape and Free State giving the issues clear space in their speeches, while ...
More than one hundred families in Marakong Village, QwaQwa, are facing a serious public health emergency after live bloodworms were reported and then confirmed in water flowing from household taps.
After receiving multiple complaints from residents, Free State water activists working closely with Wat...
WaterCAN has learned that Rand Water, the bulk water supplier to Johannesburg, is preparing to exercise its option to demand a three months’ deposit of about R2.5 to R2.7 billion. This is about a billion Rand more than Johannesburg Water’s Capital Expenditure Budget and is the result of repeated mi...
WaterCAN notes that President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed water security and the criminality that thrives when taps run dry on the national agenda during the 2026 State of the Nation Address. This focus reflects years of sustained pressure from communities, civil society and activists across South A...
WaterCAN welcomes President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to urgently deploy the Minister of Water and Sanitation, Pemmy Majodina, and the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Velenkosini Hlabisa, to intervene in Johannesburg’s escalating water crisis - even at the cost ...
