Blog tagged as transparency

Johannesburg Water needs urgent national intervention, says WaterCAN

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...

20.02.2026 08:22:19

No more promises: South Africa’s water crisis needs timelines, transparency and consequences

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...

13.02.2026 09:42:59

The Peoples’ Water Forum demands an investigation into Soshanguve protest shooting

The People’s Water Forum condemns in the strongest possible terms the shooting of Soshanguve residents with rubber bullets while they were protesting the lack of water in their community.

Residents in Soshanguve have reportedly been without water for two weeks. Across Gauteng, dry taps over days and...

12.02.2026 15:04:46

WaterCAN welcomes Presidency’s recognition of Joburg crisis; demands disaster declaration

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 ...

12.02.2026 15:04:46

Johannesburg Living Day Zero as WaterCAN Calls for Water Crisis Declaration

Johannesburg is facing a widespread and escalating water crisis, with residents across the city effectively living under Day Zero conditions as failures by Johannesburg Water and Rand Water continue unchecked, says WaterCAN.

Communities in Kensington, Emmarentia, Meldene, and many other areas fed b...

09.02.2026 13:51:36

Johannesburg trapped in a cycle of water crises and poor communication says WaterCAN

Large parts of Johannesburg have been without reliable water for weeks and, in some cases, months - only exacerbated by poor communication from all the responsible government agencies, says WaterCAN.

WaterCAN, a national water advocacy non-profit organisation, has found that, communities in Melville...

03.02.2026 10:56:43

Dysfunctional wasterwater treatment works across eThekwini to blame for beach closures, says WaterCAN.

Durban beaches will likely continue to face sporadic closures until the fundamental problem - repairing and restoring the city’s failing wastewater treatment network - is properly resolved, says WaterCAN.

WaterCAN, along with its partners Save Our Rivers and Sea from Sewage (SORFS) and Adopt-a-River...

21.12.2025 14:32:17

Free State water crisis: Water provision must be prioritised, says WaterCAN

Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality is facing a chronic breakdown in basic water and sanitation services that is endangering public health, undermining dignity, and requiring urgent intervention, says WaterCAN.

WaterCAN said the latest crisis is another chapter in Free State communities’ ongoing fight for...

17.12.2025 16:44:53

Unacceptable communication at the core of the latest Joburg Water fiasco, says WaterCAN

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...

15.12.2025 17:35:45

In Bekkersdal and Merafong, residents cry for water justice

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...

12.12.2025 11:02:19