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“The Daily Maverick published an op-ed written by the African Water Commons Collective and The Movements Collective, titled Free Basic Water is Not Free, and is Not Affordable. This article argues that while Cape Town promotes itself as a leader in water management, unaffordable water costs, deductions from electricity purchases to recover water debt, restrictive water …

Water Stories reports on AWCC and Water Committee’s’ Demands Read More »

Residents facing water injustices demand that the City of Cape Town account for, and change, its anti-poor, racist and sexist free basic water policy practices. The dismissive response to Black people from poor communities who engage the City about their struggles with access to water is unacceptable, undemocratic and unjust. Read the full op-ed in …

Free basic water in Cape Town is not free and not affordable Read More »

“Dear Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Sanitation Zahid Badroodien, We have taken the past 18 months to collect responses from the 14 Water Action Committees we work with as well as undergo careful research in order to substantially reply to your letter. We hope our concerns are not dismissed again and that urgent action is taken …

Open Letter Reply to the City of Cape Town Read More »

Scores of Nyanga residents converged at Nyanga Arts Development Centre in the area on Friday 14 November during the launch of Nyanga Water Action Committee (NWAC) in an effort to deal with the issues pertaining to water.  The objective is to preserve and educate people about the importance of water in life.NWAC chair Dumisani Makhanya described the …

Nyanga community launches water action committee to tackle water issues Read More »

🎙️ PODILRIG – Newest podcast and addition to ILRIG’s grassroots popular education media. This platform serves social justice issues with a strong feminist focus, amplifying voices from the ground. In it’s first episode, they look at water struggles from Johannesburg and Cape Town to Palestine a feature the AWCC. They expose how neoliberal state policies …

PODILRIG 1.25 – WATER HAS NO GENDER, BUT IT HAS AN AGENDA Read More »

Comment on the proposed Faure New Water Scheme closes on 17 April A group of water justice researchers has warned against the City of Cape Town’s proposal to “externalise” the implementation and operation of the Faure New Water Scheme. Read the full article in GroundUp here.