News stories by Mandisi Majavu

Millions of litres of water are being unlawfully diverted into dams set up by South Africa's major industries, big mining companies and commercial farmers - with potentially devastating consequences for management of the resource.

'My worry is that my children are going to be slaves because they won't have anything. These foreign people come to South Africa with nothing, but tomorrow he has cash, third day he owns a shop and fourth day he has a car. Where do these foreign people get this money?'

With South Africa’s new president, Jacob Zuma, being inaugurated in a 9 million dollar extravaganza today, most of the country’s leaders are likely to still be recovering from the party by the time the sun rises on May 11.