Victims of the April floods in Durban are still living in tents and community halls, which were meant to be a temporary measure. The eThekwini Municipality is blaming the delay in providing decent shelter and basic services on the application process for disaster funding.
Weather variability due to climate change is now a complicating factor for South Africa’s mines, as they engineer solutions to traditional water-scarcity challenges. As water-intensive operations, mines generally require large volumes of water in...
Johannesburg’s water crisis has finally drawn national attention. Suburbs have endured weeks without supply, residents queue at tankers, and civil society is calling for disaster declarations. President Cyril Ramaphosa acknowledged infrastructure...
Water, its infrastructure and its delivery have taken a priority position in South Africa’s agenda. While the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) acts as custodians of the country’s water, delivery is done by the local government. These local...