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With much-needed Rand Water maintenance underway on critical infrastructure supplying Johannesburg, WaterCAN is raising concern that the City of Johannesburg and Johannesburg Water systems are not coping with the knock-on impacts. While the maintenance itself is necessary, inadequate planning and po...
By Nhlanhla Sibisi, Campaigns Coordinator, WaterCAN
The communities of Bekkersdal and Merafong are living with the legacy of a failed municipal system on water delivery, particularly when it comes to access to safe water – a basic human right guaranteed by the South African constitution.
What many st...
The Annual WaterCAN Citizen Science Water Testing Week held in September has confirmed that unsafe water is not an isolated rural problem but a widespread national risk affecting communities across all nine provinces.
The most alarming results come from drinking-water sources that should be safe at t...
