From stormwater and sewage to degraded wetlands, the Klip River’s decline highlights the urgent need for infrastructure repairs and ecological restoration, scientists warn
Polluted water is flowing into the Blood and Sand rivers
Taxpayer money will be used to pay the R160 million fine slapped on a Mpumalanga municipality
Mchunu has left big shoes that need to be filled, according to experts
In 2012 the municipality was ordered to fix Carolina’s water problems, but has still not done so
Environmental experts warn that simply fining municipalities for damaging the environment and polluting water is not sufficient to change behaviour
The residents association is considering legal action against the City of Johannesburg
About 80% of the country’s dams are so enriched with nutrients they could produce toxic algal blooms
The minister is adamant the country is not experiencing a crisis, despite about half the water in our systems being unsafe for drinking
Challenges in overcoming legacy of air and water pollution are ‘enormous’
The Northern wastewater treatment works disgorges sewage into the Umgeni River, which flows into the sea at Durban, polluting the city’s popular beaches
Quick fixes are inadequate to prevent damage from gold mining’s legacy, but the long-term plan of treating AMD could relieve water shortages
Citizen activists have warned that the water situation in South Africa is ‘dire and precarious’
With La Niña bringing much-needed rain, it is inexcusable that South Africans do not have access to their most basic human need: water
From pharmaceutical waste and radioactive pollutants in Lake Victoria in East Africa, to acid mine drainage in South Africa, water pollution is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa
Untreated effluent from textile factories in in Lesotho, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritius and Madagascar pours into rivers, contaminating the water
The government’s vision for mined land: farms, tourism and self-generation of electricity
Mining areas on the West Rand are ecologically dead because of poor rehabilitation
As far back as 2007, a local nonprofit met with government officials to deal with the pollution crisis in Emfuleni. Residents are still waiting
Despite Ekurhuleni spending R2.8-million on a sewer line to prevent further damage to a pump station, raw waste has contaminated a wetland
