The City of Cape Town used National Water Week as an opportunity to promote the importance of water conservation in the metropole. “The City’s Water and Sanitation Department has a proud history of engaging with residents and businesses as well as...
Technology producing a win-win situation for both the industry and environment has been announced, coinciding with South Africa’s national water week. Research published in Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) shows a newly developed...
Compassion International recognizes World Water Day on March 22nd, 2013. As the world’s leading child development ministry, Compassion International tackles the root causes of poverty in the lives of children around the globe. Providing safe...
“WaterWatchers” harnesses the power of crowdsourcing to report water leaks and issues. On 22 March 2013, World Water Day, IBM in collaboration with the City of Tshwane, launched a crowdsourcing project to help capture, share and analyse information...
“Every South African has a responsibility to make adjustments to their consumption of this very critical and scarce resource,” said Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Rejoice Mabudafhasi during the handing over of certificates to...
Pictured: MEC Mxolish Simon Sokatsha’s blood pressure is taken by Nurse Rhita Nkosi as part of a complete evaluation process against early detection of illnesses. For the third year in a row, Engen is collaborating with Trucking Wellness for this...
The Eko Atlantic City in Nigeria has reached the halfway mark of its 10 million square kilometres reclaiming land project. The celebration comes at an important point in the development of this reclaimed land, once part of Victoria Island and lost...
Rhodes University Ecologist Professor Jay O’keefe believes there are few skilled water scientists and water engineers in South Africa. Professor O’keefe says urgent solutions should be found to deal with the scarcity of water in the world. He added...
With the fifth BRICS summit due to kick off in Durban on Tuesday, it is widely anticipated that more details will emerge of a bank for the economic bloc. A key objective of the bank is to help members pool resources for industrial development, and...
The announcement by the Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Department in its Municipal Systems Amendment Act draft regulations that municipal managers could face a ban of up to ten years, if they are found to have committed fraud,...
