Amathole District Municipality

Residents of Butterworth on Monday blocked the busy N2 from East London to Mthatha with burning tyres, demanding that Amathole district municipality deliver water to their small town, where the taps have run dry. It was the second day of…

Residents living in Komga’s townships claim the Amathole District Municipality has not carted water to them in two months. Instead, they have to walk long distances to beg for water at factories in town. Their taps ran dry in November.…

Huge water losses are draining Eastern Cape municipal coffers of half-a-billion rand. Last year provincial municipalities lost almost half their water through leaking, decrepit infrastructure and illegal water connections. This was…