Water For Life Campaign Launch
Date: Saturday 30 May 20269AM – 5PMThe Castle of Good Hope, Cape TownTo join contact: africanwatercommonscollective@gmail.com
Campaigns
Stop the Faure Water Sell-Off: Cape Town’s Future Shouldn’t Be for Sale
An abridged version of this letter was published by GroundUp, 16 April 2025. A group of water justice researchers warn against the expensive disasters ahead if citizens agree to the City of Cape Town’s proposal to “externalise” the implementation and operation of the Faure New Water Scheme. The City of Cape Town (CoCT) wants to outsource …
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No To Water Privatization!
The City of Cape Town wants to outsource a very expensive very risky new water project to turn sewerage water into drinking water, called the Faure New Water Scheme. Under Section 78 of the Municipal Systems Act, they are obliged to get buy in via “consultation platforms.” Their main question to the public is: what …
Protest for Water Rights in Cape Town: A Demand for Equality
CapeTown.Today has coverage of the AWCC No Holiday Without Water: End Water Apartheid in Cape Town and Gaza campaign launched last December. ‘Protesters in Cape Town demand fair water distribution and an end to water inequality.The municipality’s implementation of water management devices and debt deductions from electricity transactions were key issues of contention during the …
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No Holiday Without Water: End Water Apartheid in Cape Town and Gaza
The AWCC has launched a campaign demanding an End to Water Apartheid in Cape Town and Gaza, delivering a series of demands to the mayor with an action planned outside the the last 2023 City of Cape Town Council Meeting on December 7th. Join us!