{"id":96092,"date":"2026-02-19T11:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T11:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/civil-organisations-demand-inquiry-into-sa-water-crisis"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:52:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T11:52:50","slug":"civil-organisations-demand-inquiry-into-sa-water-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/civil-organisations-demand-inquiry-into-sa-water-crisis","title":{"rendered":"Civil Organisations Demand Inquiry Into SA Water Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Civil organisations are calling for a commission of inquiry to get to the bottom of the country\u2019s persistent water challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The People\u2019s Water Forum, a coalition of several like-minded civil organisations, held a media briefing at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The briefing came after a sustained period of water outages in many parts of Gauteng, with some areas going for weeks without supply.<\/p>\n<p>While the water crisis has since subsided, the coordinator of the Joburg Crisis Alliance, Yunus Chamda, said there is a need to get to the root of the problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we\u2019ve come to realise with the many commission of inquiries that we have is that it pulls away the layers of things that you never thought existed. Now with the water crisis, there\u2019s this response and it\u2019s all very superficial &#8211; government says we&#8217;re going to do this and that &#8211; and if it\u2019s water that comes back into the tap, do we just move on? What a commission would do, it would drill down deep, go beyond the surface to really understand how did we get here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Civil organisations are calling for a commission of inquiry to get to the bottom of the country\u2019s persistent water challenges. The People\u2019s Water Forum, a coalition of several like-minded civil organisations, held a media briefing at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg on Wednesday. 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