The Dr JS Moroka municipality community has been forced to take desperate measures as water shortages continue to plague Mpumalanga. As residents and clinic staff members resort to using pit toilets, the healthcare system struggles to stay afloat, with load…
Clinics in Mangaung are closing down one by one as severe water shortages continue to wreak havoc on primary health centres within the Free State municipality. This come after BloemWater was forced to implement water cuts after not being paid…
Free State residents are reaching the end of their tether as they search for water – life’s most basic natural resource. Clinics have also been severely affected while patients scurry to find facilities that aren’t water-stricken. The suburb of Moemaneng…
Two Ekurhuleni clinics are battling to keep their doors open as water shortages continue to plague Gauteng. Both Tsakane Ext 10 Clinic and Sonto Thobela Clinic in Duduza, a township east of Nigel, have been battling since December…
Communities without access to clean water face a disproportionately high burden of preventable illness.
Water shortages and restrictions are some of the issues that impact the quality of care at Kgapane Hospital
As municipal taps remain dry, Hammanskraal communities outside Pretoria continue to go to great lengths for drinking water.
Water shortages in Tshwane’s Stinkwater and Eersterust areas are forcing people to buy unpurified borehole water.
Many Vuwani residents have vowed to stay at home on 8 May because of severe water shortages, sewage spills, uncollected rubbish bins and lack of essential medication at their local clinics.
Over the past 15 years the Eastern Cape Health Department has deteriorated. Fraught with medicine shortages, equipment failures, huge staff vacancies, corruption and fraud, this timeline documents just some of the many problems surrounding this troubled province.
Ongoing water shortages and broken toilets are sparking protests in Limpopo and Mpumalanga in the run-up to the municipal elections.
The hospital has faced water issues since 2022, after community members destroyed a pipeline.
According to staff the hospital faces severe shortages of water, equipment, linen, and food for patients.
Residents are furious that councillor is nominated for municipal election when they have water shortages for three weeks at a time
Limpopo schools are not ready for reopening as water shortages are a barrier in practising good hygiene in the fight against Covid-19
