The geography of water inequality in Cape Town
Abstract
Cape Town’s water crisis reveals that broken pipes are symptoms of broken governance, where apartheid’s spatial legacy, rapid urban densification, and the commodification of water create cascading environmental and social injustices that can only be solved through inclusive, community-centred approaches that treat water as life rather than a resource.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Water Governance and Infrastructure
Water Resource Management and Quality
Legal Issues in South Africa
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Human Science Research Council SA
- Publication date
- 13 January 2026
- Language
- EN