South Africa faces an escalating water crisis driven by infrastructure decay, under-investment and fiscal constraints. National non-revenue water averages 47% and, according to a joint World Bank and Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) study...
South Africa’s water crisis cannot be solved by multi-billion-rand infrastructure projects alone if municipalities lack the certified, qualified professionals required to run and maintain them. Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) CEO Dr....
Dams have been emblematic of the World Bank’s approach to development for many decades. From the bank’s early years in the 1960s and 1970s, large-scale infrastructure projects such as dams, power plants and transport networks were central to its...