Dossier
Mpumalanga province
Coverage of Mpumalanga province in the Nexus archive.
- South African households grapple with water shortages
Over half of South African households face systematic water shortages due to maintenance backlogs and aging infrastructure, with the Democratic Alliance leveraging the crisis as a political issue ahead of local elections. The ANC-led Mpumalanga province experiences weekly water outages in over a third of households, while the Democratic Alliance highlights its Western Cape governance record with minimal outages.