The South African Sanitation Technology Enterprise Programme (SASTEP) is a national system of #innovation platform that seeks fast-track the adoption of innovative and emerging #sanitation technologies in South Africa through fostering local manufacturing and commercialization.
The programme was created by the Water Research Commission (WRC) in partnership with the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), and the Bill and Melinda Foundation (BMGF) and with the support of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS).
The programme is an operation vehicle of the WRC’s transformational vision SANiTi: Sanitation Transformation Initiative.
As we celebrate Water Month and Human Rights Month, the Association of Water and Sanitation Institutions of South Africa (AWSISA) is alarmed by the continued pollution of water sources by communities, municipalities, the agricultural sector, and...
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...
WaterCAN has welcomed the landmark Mpumalanga High Court ruling that fined the Emalahleni Local Municipality R650 million for years of allowing untreated sewage to flow into rivers and dams – but says this must be the start of a nationwide...