Gauteng’s water crisis: Delays, demand, and dwindling supply threaten sustainability
In Gauteng, South Africa’s smallest but industrial heartland province, water scarcity looms as demand outstrips supply.
In Gauteng, South Africa’s smallest but industrial heartland province, water scarcity looms as demand outstrips supply.
Joburg faces a property crisis as the affluent struggle to sell their homes, while the underprivileged grapple with unaffordable housing.
The Gauteng government has been rocked by corruption scandal after corruption scandal for nearly three decades.
William Saunderson-Meyer expands on his op-ed where he argued that Eskom’s issues are a sideshow compared with SA’s escalating crime rate.
Vegter is at his satirical best in this amusing article chronicling the comedic launch and subsequent ridicule of Gauteng’s new crime wardens.
Retief Odendaal speaks on Nelson Mandela Bay’s 10-party coalition and its wins – a template that can be applied to instability elsewhere.
Alec Hogg writes on Swellendam poll’s message to the Rainbow Coalition – and Rob Hersov’s plea to put our nation ahead of personalities.
The last water shutdown was in November 2021 when Rand Water cut off water for 54 hours so that it could to do infrastructure maintenance.
A special sitting tomorrow will see a new premier sworn in and newly elected Gauteng ANC chairperson Panyaza Lesufi is expected to be the man.
Trains in Pretoria North were reassigned to their stations because Prasa did not pay their electricity bill, resulting in Eskom cutting their power.