Category Archives: Opinion Piece

We tried to lay criminal charges against Joburg for water pollution – the SAPS didn’t know how The state of the rivers and streams in South Africa is a major […]

South Africa’s sewage pollution crisis is impacting our food safety Given that more than 60% of the country’s wastewater treatment works are in a poor to critical state, it must […]

Poor governance leaves women and children battling to access water Inadequate water access affects women and girls in poor households, schools and as smallholders feeding their families By Dr Ferrial […]

Building a network of citizen scientists to help protect our water resources Faced with government collapse, activists look to citizen science as a tool to help protect water resources. A […]

Citizen action is the key to rescuing South Africa’s failing water and sanitation systems It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the many failures of the government, particularly when faced with […]