South Africa’s water crisis is deepening, with 74% of municipal water authorities performing poorly or critically. President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a national crisis, but will funding reforms restore reliable services? Our guest penned a opinion piece unpacking the country’s water financial model. 

GUEST: Dr Sean Phillips is the Director-General of the Department of Water and Sanitation.

South Africa&rsquo;s water crisis is deepening, with 74% of municipal water authorities performing poorly or critically. President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a national crisis, but will funding reforms restore reliable services? Our guest penned a opinion piece unpacking the country&rsquo;s water financial model.&nbsp;
GUEST: Dr Sean Phillips is the Director-General of the Department of Water and Sanitation.

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#OpinionPiece: The fundamental flaw in SA’s water financing model

Transport Minister, Barbara Creecy, has officially opened seven refurbished railway stations along the KuGompo City rail corridor. The stations at Mtsotso, Fort Jackson, Panmure, Mdantsane, Arnoldton, Mount Ruth and Wilsonia had previously been damaged and vandalised before being rehabilitated by the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA). For more on this, I am joined on the line by…

GUEST: Ntombozuko Balintulo, SABC News Reporter

Transport Minister, Barbara Creecy, has officially opened seven refurbished railway stations along the KuGompo City rail corridor. The stations at Mtsotso, Fort Jackson, Panmure, Mdantsane, Arnoldton, Mount Ruth and Wilsonia had previously been damaged and vandalised before being rehabilitated by the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA). For more on this, I am joined on the line by&hellip;
GUEST: Ntombozuko Balintulo, SABC News Reporter

Transport Minister officially opens seven refurbished railway stations along the KuGompo City rail corridor

The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) is calling on all voters to participate in the all-important, countrywide Election Satisfaction Survey. The survey will take place on 4 November 2026, as South Africans vote in the Local Government Elections, marking 30 years since the first democratic municipal elections were held in 1995/96.

GUEST: Prof Joleen Steyn Kotze - Chief Research Specialist in the Developmental, Capable and Ethical State research division of the Human Sciences Research Council

The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) is calling on all voters to participate in the all-important, countrywide Election Satisfaction Survey. The survey will take place on 4 November 2026, as South Africans vote in the Local Government Elections, marking 30 years since the first democratic municipal elections were held in 1995/96.
GUEST: Prof Joleen Steyn Kotze - Chief Research Specialist in the Developmental, Capable and Ethical State research division of the Human Sciences Research Council

HSRC calls on all voters to participate in the election satisfaction survey

Members of the South African Municipal Workers’ Union have taken to the streets to march from Braamfontein to the Johannesburg Central Magistrate’s Court. Today is the second day the labour union is protesting, let’s find out more…

GUEST: Calvin Dludla - SABC REPORTER

Members of the South African Municipal Workers&rsquo; Union have taken to the streets to march from Braamfontein to the Johannesburg Central Magistrate&rsquo;s Court. Today is the second day the labour union is protesting, let&rsquo;s find out more&hellip;
GUEST: Calvin Dludla - SABC REPORTER

#OpinionPiece: The fundamental flaw in SA’s water financing model

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