Just a GroundUp journalist with a passion for what he does.
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Hundreds of children fall ill after Tshwane fails to chlorinate water groundup.org.za/article/hund…
Agnes Maropeng, her family and dozens of her neighbours in the beleaguered Tswaing Local Municipality have been promised housing, water and sanitation for decades. groundup.org.za/article/prom…
Streams that feed the Vaal river are being contaminated by failing wastewater treatment in the Matlosana municipality groundup.org.za/article/nort…
Seth Thorne retweeted
When it comes to fixing #UrbanRivers, #Nairobi is now years ahead of #Johannesburg — dredging, rebuilding sewers and stabilising banks — at a scale Joburg hasn't come close to matching.
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Tswaing Local Municipality in the North West has been fighting costly court battles with the provincial government. Meanwhile residents are fighting their own battles to get water, sanitation, electricity and waste removal. groundup.org.za/article/elec…
Seth Thorne retweeted
Sarika Lakraj-Naidoo has intimate knowledge of Joburg's finances and a better understanding than most of what got the city into its current mess. #CarteBlanche @LourensaEckard #Johannesburg #COJ
Seth Thorne retweeted
Thembisile Hani Local Municipality needs 99ML of water a day but receives just 41.7ML from bulk suppliers, leaving residents to rely on tankers, buy water, or go without.
#Moneyweb #Municipalities
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Seth Thorne retweeted
Joburg has lost over 207 billion litres of water, while R650m has been spent on tankers in five years. The bigger question: why is basic infrastructure still failing?
#MoneywebNews
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Water is so close, yet so far for this Joburg neighbourhood groundup.org.za/article/wate…
Officials allegedly targeted elderly residents and bereaved families or families in dispute. Wills were fabricated and title deeds altered to enable the fraudulent sale and transfer of properties. groundup.org.za/article/sowe…
The North West municipality has ignored an MEC’s instruction to “initiate a process of revocation” of the appointment of three senior officials. groundup.org.za/article/muni…
“All we are asking for is dignity,” community development forum chair tells government groundup.org.za/article/city…
The Department of Water and Sanitation has given the City 60 days from 31 March to come up with a plan groundup.org.za/article/sewa…
Seth Thorne retweeted
A well articulated piece by @thorneseth . Very concerning. This CoJ bunch personify incompetence on a grand scale. Systems collapse gradually at first, then with speed. We are in a dangerous situation in Joburg. Leadership change can’t come soon enough.
Johannesburg’s wastewater system is not just failing but breaking down at scale dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Take me to the river: baptisms in Joburg’s polluted water
groundup.org.za/article/take…
Memorials honouring the victims of the 1960 massacre are falling into ruin, but local activists are stepping up to improve the township groundup.org.za/article/shar…
Seth Thorne retweeted
Sewage, waste and failing infrastructure push Gauteng’s rivers toward ecological collapse dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Failing sewage systems, rapid urbanisation and industrial pollution have turned Gauteng’s rivers into an environmental and public health problem
groundup.org.za/article/poll…
The Newville swimming pool in Newlands’ Region B, Johannesburg, was once a popular communal space where families gathered on weekends and children learned to swim. But after years of neglect, the pool is beyond repair.
groundup.org.za/article/negl…
