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Water Watch SA

2/14/2025, 3:37:22 PM

IOL - The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health and eThekwini Municipality are taking urgent steps to ensure that hospitals are adequately equipped to handle the water crisis. https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/urgent-measures-needed-as-water-shortages-hit-kwazulu-natal-hospitals-82ea9b90-b8ed-4b41-bf00-7e35e073598a

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2/14/2025, 3:38:05 PM

The Citizen - As Johannesburg enters its second week of widespread water outages, residents and businesses continue to grapple with severe disruptions to daily life. https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/johannesburg-water-mayor-restoration-crisis/

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2/14/2025, 10:32:37 AM

eNCA - DURBAN - Umngeni-Uthukela Water says it’s owed R2.4-billion by municipalities. The main ones are King Cetshwayo, Uthukela District, Ugu and Umsunduzi. https://www.enca.com/news/umngeni-uthukela-water-owed-over-r2-billion-kzn-municipalities

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2/14/2025, 3:36:28 PM

Daily Maverick - On average, municipalities do not obtain any revenue from almost half of the treated water that they produce or buy from the water boards. One of the consequences is that water services in many municipalities are in a downward spiral. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2025-02-14-treated-water-must-be-paid-for-or-our-infrastructure-will-deteriorate-further/

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2/14/2025, 10:33:48 AM

Mail & Guardian - Draft revised regulations proposing racial quotas for black South African shareholding in water use licence applications are being cited on social media as being among the so-called “race-based laws” that allegedly discriminate against non-black minorities. https://mg.co.za/news/2025-02-14-are-south-africas-proposed-water-use-licence-reforms-racist-and-unconstitutional/

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2/14/2025, 10:31:43 AM

TimesLIVE - Hammanskraal residents have been urged to refrain from consuming tap water until testing is completed after the City of Tshwane became aware of issues at the Klipdrift Magalies Water Package Plant. https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2025-02-14-hammanskraal-residents-urged-not-to-drink-water-from-new-plant-yet/

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2/14/2025, 3:39:11 PM

BusinessTECH - Across South Africa, the government is being quietly replaced by its own citizens. https://businesstech.co.za/news/government/811462/government-is-slowly-getting-replaced-in-south-africa/

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2/14/2025, 9:01:38 AM

Infrastructure News - and Water systems are dropping fast as a result of extremely high-water consumption from customers, Cities of Johannesburg and Tshwane as reported in weekly consumption figures (see figure 2 and 3 below). Rand Water continues to supply at maximum capacity; however, the storage is declining rapidly owing to high-water consumption. https://infrastructurenews.co.za/2025/02/14/warning-water-consumption-extremely-high/

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2/14/2025, 9:02:11 AM

SABC News - The City of Tshwane has assured residents of Hammanskraal north of Pretoria that it is trying to address their water problems. https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/hammanskraal-residents-warned-not-to-drink-water-due-to-poor-quality/

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2/14/2025, 3:35:43 PM

News24 - https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/johannesburg-water-woes-mayor-says-water-will-flow-through-taps-again-within-7-days-20250214