Xstrata Alloys was challenging its inclusion on a list of five mines that the Department of Water and Environmental Affairs had taken action against for operating without a water use licence, the company said last week. Chris Tsatsawane, the...
Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa says South Africa’s water supplies are under increased pressure and has urged every person to strive to save this scarce resource. Speaking at the business briefing organised by the New Age...
The Southern African Development Community’s protocol on shared watercourses is recognised as one of the world’s best. But sound agreements on the sustainable and equitable management of joint water resources require effective means to...
On a dusty mountaintop in Lesotho, Mamoliehi Tsapane beats sorghum with a wooden stick, the white grains popping from the husks over a bright green tarp. Just beyond her backyard, a Chinese construction company is blasting the mountain, carving out...
Poor management of water resources could stifle economic growth in some of the world’s most rapidly developing economies, according to research commissioned by banking group HSBC. The study, by consultancy Frontier Economics, estimated that...
The Punjab government, for the provision of safe drinking water and sanitation facilities to the entire rural and urban communities of the province, has allocated Rs9.886 million for 2012-13, and the amount is slightly lower than the previous...
Sanitation, viewed at the global and the national level, is a major problem, a representative of the UNICEF and United Nations Children’s Fund in Tanzania, Dorothy Rozga said in Moshi on Saturday. Rozga said 2.5 billion people globally do not...
Time lapse video of the construction of Diamond Green – a new, state-of-the-art apartment building located at 10th and Diamond streets, steps away from Temple University’s main campus in Philadelphia PA.
When thinking of South Africa’s beaches one imagines pristine sand, igneous rock and stunning scenery. Apart from the bitterly cold waters of the Atlantic beaches in the Western and Northern Cape provinces our beaches are great places to swim as...
Government’s plans to invest R3.2 trillion in economic infrastructure hinges on its ability to get citizens to buy into its vision, according to analysts who also highlighted the threat to government spending after e-tolling was blocked in Gauteng....
