Poor Water Service Delivery
An Exposition of the Plight of the Phiri Community in Soweto, South Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19451539 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kola O Odeku (Faculty of Management and Law, School of Law, University of Limpopo, South Africa), Raligilia Happy Konanani (Faculty of Management and Law, School of Law, University of Limpopo, South Africa) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 161-170 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies of Tribes and Tribals (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0972-639X • E-ISSN: 2456-6799 |
| Publisher | Kamla Raj Enterprises (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0972639x.2014.11886697 |
| OpenAlex | W2411824556 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
In South Africa, a lot of people are unable to access clean water despite the fact that the Constitution provides that everyone is entitled to have access to adequate clean water. Although, generally, water resource is scarce in South Africa, a lot of strategic interventions have been put in place to ensure that people have access to adequate clean water. The problem is that those who have the responsibility to provide the water have continuously been delivering poor water services to the people. At times, deliberate artificial scarcity is caused with the aim of making demands greater than the water supplied. This has caused desperate situation to the extent that people in the Phiri community in Soweto have approached the court to enforce their rights of access to adequate clean water. The paper explores various fundamental issues considered by the court and the notable pronouncements of the judges with regard to the right to access clean water, the issue of pre-paid water meters, the free basic water policy and their impacts on access to adequate clean water. The paper also considers why it is necessary to encourage people to register under the Indigent Persons Policy
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Reasonableness in Retreat? The Judgment of the South African Constitutional Court in Mazibuko v City of Johnnesburg
A community in the Orange
Free basic water — a sustainable instrument for a sustainable future in South Africa
The Justiciability of Water Rights
Access to Water for the Urban Poor in Cape Town
Rights, Regulation and Resistance
Grootboom and Reassessing
Neoliberalism and casualization of public sector services
Citizenship Prepaid
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |