By Greg Ruiters This contribution seeks to take a critical survey the responses of the City of Cape Town and social movements to the Covid-19 pandemic. The major hotspots for the virus have been in dense informal settlement areas with unreliable communal taps. The city provides additional emergency water services
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The Paradox Of Free Urban Water: Burkina Faso’s Fight Against Covid-19
By Catherine Baron Léandre Guigma As soon as the first cases of Covid-19 were reported in Burkina Faso, the national government drew up a Response Plan, which, among other measures, made water free at standpipes and for “social tariff” recipients in urban areas. The government assessed the financing needs of
Continue readingCovid-19 And The Hope for Democratic Water Ownership In Ghana
By Leonard Shang-Quartey The response to the Covid-19 pandemic in Ghana followed a pattern seen around the world, with people’s movements highly restricted. But unlike many countries, most people in Ghana are unable to access water at home, forcing them to access water from their neighbours or public standpipes. The
Continue reading«Nous demandons des comptes au Forum mondial de l’eau»
Les Eglises sont au cœur du combat pour l’eau. Coordinateur du Réseau œcuménique de l’eau, l’Indien Dinesh Suna revient sur le rôle et le bilan de cet organisme créé à l’initiative du Conseil œcuménique des Eglises (COE), basé à Genève. Face à l’accaparement de l’eau et sa privatisation, les défis
Continue readingNew Packaging, Same Deal: City of Cape Town’s New Proposal to Replace Water Management Devices with the Drip System will further Water Apartheid
This piece is based on our submission on the City of Cape Town’s draft budget for 2021-2022, and focuses on the proposed revised approach to domestic water metering. An abridged version was published in the Daily Maverick, 10 May 2021. The City seems to have finally realised, after 15 years
Continue readingAccess to Water and Health: An Africans Rising Music Video
As part of Africans Rising’s call for creative action mini-grants to artists and creative activists, Lass Primo from Mauritania, Ndongo from Senegal and Kasina from Ghana have been awarded funds for a West African artistic action on access to water and health.
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