The Department of Water and Sanitation estimates that South Africans lose 37% to 41% of our available water to leaks at an estimated cost of R6-billion a year. eNCA took a look at the country’s water woes in a special debate.
The Minister of Water and Sanitation, Pemmy Majodina, has authorised Rand Water to abstract additional water from the Integrated Vaal River System (IVRS) as part of urgent interventions to stabilise Gauteng’s strained water supply network. The...
The Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) invites professionals, researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders across the water sector to contribute to one of the most important conversations shaping our region’s future – the WISA 2026...
Limpopo, in northern South Africa, home to 6.6 million people, several large mines and the Kruger National Park (one of Africa’s largest game reserves), experienced unusually severe floods in mid-January 2026. Rural villages remained cut off from...