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  "path": "/thought-leader/opinion/2026-03-23-dry-taps-and-broken-promises-the-erosion-of-gender-equality/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-23T09:37:42.000Z",
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    "Opinion",
    "Thought Leader",
    "Apartheid",
    "Johannesburg",
    "Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero",
    "Johannesburg Water",
    "Meadowlands",
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  "textContent": "The division of water into different categories, such as public water and private water,  normal flow and surplus water, which existed under the 1956 Water Act, was done  away with. All water thereafter had the same status in law. This means that the privatisation of water is prohibited and all South African citizens  have equal water rights",
  "title": "Dry taps and broken promises: The erosion of gender equality"
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