Niyi-Gafar, Oluwabunmi2021-05-202021-05-202015Africa Nazarene University Law Journal 3, pp 72 –89 (2015)https://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/5339South Africa has been applauded for its laudable model of a human rights-based approach to potable water. The South African Constitution, and the operationalisation of the National Water Act (NWA) and the Water Services Act (WSA), have contributed to the creation of an enabling environment for access to potable water in South Africa. However, this approach may not have completely benefited poor black South Africans as revealed by the 2014 South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) report. A human rights-based approach to potable water in South Africa has, therefore, neglected the category of people for which it was originally adopted to serve.enHuman rights-based approachright to waterArticle