Giving women access to safe and clean water could be what South Africa needs to have a thriving future. That’s according to Amnesty International South Africa, which says women are the ones who mostly suffer the consequences of lack of water due to their role as caretakers, especially now as we grapple with Covid-19.
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...
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....
South Africa faces a looming 17% water deficit by 2030, putting critical industries like mining, which is responsible for 3% of national water use, under immense pressure. In this high-stakes environment, entrepreneur Tebogo Kale, founder of...