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Rand Water assures people they use chlorine to disinfect water taken from Vaal River, making it safe to drink

‘No threat of cholera infection from Rand Water supply’

The utility assures people they use chlorine to disinfect water taken from Vaal River, making it safe to drink

Despite expenditure on infrastructure such as Eskom’s transmission lines, roads and rail transport, failures persist. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

Eskom caught in a web of dysfunctionality

The power utility is owed huge amounts of money by municipalities — and then there’s sabotage to contend with

The government has for more than a decade “passed the buck” regarding the Vaal River’s sewage pollution

Government passed the buck on Vaal pollution for too long —panel

The Human Rights Commission’s report on the river’s sewage crisis reveals the lawlessness of the state

Extract: ‘These Are Not Gentle people’ by Andrew Harding

‘These Are Not Gentle People’ is an account, by Andrew Harding, the BBC correspondent in South Africa, of a murder in Parys, in the Free State, and what happened next. This…

Four small towns in the Free State worth visiting (Photo Archive)

Four small towns in the Free State worth visiting

What do we know about the central Free State province?

Making a splash: The Vaal River provides a wet

Rolling down the river

Parys has plenty to offer, but if you only do one thing: get wet.

A drive around Parys shows a tourist magnet in decline.

Parys complains — anonymously

Don’t be fooled by the genteel silence in the quaint Free State town of Parys — there are many unchecked emotions rumbling beneath the surface.

No opposition as Free State ANC elects leaders

Free State ANC chairperson Ace Magashule was re-elected unopposed on Thursday as the leader of the party in the province.

Mbeki highlights benefits of cooperation

It is important to address challenges in relationships between the tiers of district and local municipalities to ensure better service delivery, President Thabo Mbeki said on…