Leaking pipes, filthy rivers and health risks exposed in SA’s latest water report cards
Daily Maverick | 01.04.2026 04:14
Don’t ask us to build more dams — fix your leaking pipes first. That was the blunt message to municipalities across South Africa from a senior Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) official on Tuesday, 31 March, when the department released three audit reports on the declining state of South Africa’s water and wastewater treatment plants.
