Clean water is a dirty business in South Africa

Suspicions that water tanker mafias are sabotaging supplies so they can keep on raking in millions

28 May 2023 - 00:03 By Isaac Mahlangu, Penwell Dlamini, Belinda Pheto and Hendrik Hancke

Government's failure to properly maintain South Africa's water infrastructure has created a business bonanza for water tanker owners, with municipalities paying hundreds of millions to them despite claims of murky quality controls, sabotage and criminal syndicates...

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