Powerful weapon in water fight

A powerful new tool has been introduced to help angry and frustrated South Africans force authorities to act and resolve their water crises.

Across the country, people are fighting individual battles over water outages, leaks, slow or no responses to complaints, and exorbitant bills for “air”.

Now communities can join forces with environmental organisation WaterCAN to demand action.

WaterCAN executive manager Dr Ferrial Adam said the organisation had launched a two-pronged national campaign to build more powerful groups to tackle the