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Dry Taps

Why there's no water

R571.1B

financial exposure · 95 documented incidents

Systematic Municipal Financial Collapse: R250 Billion+ in Irregular Expenditure

R250.0 billion+

Infrastructure Theft Crisis: R47 Billion National Catastrophe

R47 billion+

Acid Mine Drainage: R30-100B Taxpayer Rehabilitation Liability from Derelict Mines

R47 billion (estimated rehabilitation liability)

Water Infrastructure Collapse: 46% Lost to Leaks, Sewage in Rivers, 23 Dead from Cholera

R33 billion

Rand Water R27B Infrastructure Backlog: Vaal System Under Strain, 46% Water Lost

R27 billion

Johannesburg Insolvency: JSE Suspends City Bonds as Metro Owes R25bn

R25.2 billion (owed)

Eastern Cape Health Department: R22 Billion Medico-Legal Liability, Bank Account Frozen

R22 billion

Matjhabeng Municipality: R14 Billion Debt, Phantom Flood Dam, Only 3 of 13 Sewage Works Operational

R14 billion

City of Tshwane: R12B+ Irregular Expenditure, GladAfrica & Systemic Procurement Capture

R12 billion+

PRASA Central Line: 600,000 Commuters Stranded, R7 Billion Destroyed

R7 billion

DWS Departmental Corruption: R6B+ Irregular Expenditure, War on Leaks & Blue Drop Suspension

R6 billion

Water Tanker Mafias: Criminal Syndicates Weaponise South Africa's Water Crisis

R5 billion+ (documented tanker expenditure across municipalities)

North West Province: R5B+ in Corruption and Total Provincial Collapse

R5 billion+

Nelson Mandela Bay: How to Steal a City

R5 billion

Johannesburg Water Crisis: R4 Billion Diverted, 86-Hour Cuts, Infrastructure Collapse

R4 billion

Hammanskraal: Cholera Kills 23 After 15 Years of Sewage Pollution

R4 billion

City of Cape Town: R4B+ in Irregular Expenditure — Clean Audits Do Not Mean Clean Governance

R4 billion+

North West Health Department: Billions in Irregular Expenditure Continue Despite Section 100 Intervention

R4 billion

Emfuleni: 150ML Raw Sewage Daily Into the Vaal River

R4 billion+

Nelson Mandela Bay Day Zero Water Crisis: R3.5 Billion Scheme, 80 Million Litres Lost Daily

R3.5 billion

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