Recent rains not enough to lower restrictions against high demand
Recent rains brought the water level of the Garden Route Dam, up to 56.89%, down from 43.61%, last week. The Haarlem Dam, also in George, has also increased to 29%,…
R10K bail for 9 arrested for R75 million water project corruption
Nine people and two businesses were arrested in connection with the irregular yellow fleet procurement contract. The project was a partnership between Kwane Capital (Pty) Ltd and the Alfred Nzo…
Wiggins Water Plant recovering after outage
A power outage hampered water supply efforts at the Wiggins Water Works. Affected areas are Central, South Central, and Southern regions of the eThekwini Metro, as well as the Umdoni…
400 million without water in Africa
An estimated 400 million people in Africa have no access to water, while more than 800 million have related diseases, such as cholera, diarrhea and typhoid. This emerged at the…
Water Update
Chief Albert Luthuli The pipeline at Eesterhoek Water Treatment Works was repaired and the blockage cleared. As a result, water supply was restored to affected areas (Nhlazatshe 1–5, Wards 16,…
Water Update around SA
Gauteng Some of Joburg’s residents who have been protesting released “The People’s report” on Friday. They wrote “Joburg Water, Gauteng municipalities, and government leaders have utterly failed the people of…
Water to be released from Wriggleswade to Nahoon dam
People living on the banks of the Inkobongo and Nahoon Rivers are urged not to hang around the water bodies from Monday, the 16th February 2026. This is because Amatola…
Borehole to supply 114 homes in rural Ezigebengwini
One borehole in Ward 14, part of the uThukela District, will be supplying water to the Hobsland community (Ezigebengwini). About 114 households are set to receive water, and 10 jobs…
Some of Tshwane’s reservoirs are empty, Government onto “war room”
A “war room” was established by the Gauteng Government to tackle water shortages. This follows visits this week, to various areas in the Province, including the Midrand Depot, Ekurhuleni, Tshwane…
Lobishe visits the Kelvin Jones Water Treatment Works
Babalwa Lobishe, Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, conducted an oversight visit to the Kelvin Jones Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW) in Kariega on Tuesday. The plant processes an estimated 24…