43rd edition of the ePMAESA Newsletter
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Articles
Three truck unions agree to adjust wage demands
Three unions have so far agreed to adjust their wage demands in a bid to end the ongoing truck drivers strike. This was confirmed on Wednesday by the Federation of Unions of South Africa (Fedusa) and the National Council of Trade Unions (Nactu),...
Dr Luis Diaz, in his keynote address to the delegates at WasteCon 2012
Dr Luis Diaz, in his keynote address to the delegates at WasteCon 2012, said that rapid urbanisation is a challenge to efficient waste management. In 2011, the urban population across the globe was around 3.6 billion people while the rural...
How to conserve water at home
There are many opportunities to use household water efficiently without reducing services. Whether it’s in your bathroom, kitchen, laundry room or outdoors, let The Home Depot show you how you can get started down the path to saving water...
Timeous water interventions critical
“South Africa is at risk if water is not taken seriously and interventions not applied timeously.” This was Department of Water Affairs, Fred van Zyl’s primary message when discussing the National Water Resource Strategy 2 at the Water Institute of...
TB dam going KRS way
When the entire state’s focus is on the Cauvery crisis, unbeknownst to many around 2,000 cusecs of water is being released from the Tungabhadra dam to the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh to comply with the pro-rata allocation made by the Krishna Water...
Rs. 99 crore water project for Pallavaram
Locality receives just 4 million litres per day against requirement of 28 million There is some good news for Pallavaram residents reeling under a shortage of drinking water. The State government has given its nod for a Rs. 99.95-crore water supply...
Govt increases funding to water, sanitation sectors to reduce poverty
Minister of Local Government and Housing, Emerine Kabanshi, has disclosed that government is increasing allocation of resources to the water supply and sanitation sub-sector in order to reduce poverty and promote development. Ms. Kabanshi observed...
South Africa: R2 for a bucket system toilet at the Port Shepstone taxi rank
The Inkatha Freedom Party in KwaZulu Natal is concerned at the development of a Bucket Toilet system at the Port Shepstone Taxi Rank, Hibiscus Coast Municipality, following a closure of the rank’s toilets. Through Media reports, the IFP...
South Africa: more rural communities have access to water
Over R1,5 billion was spent to alleviate water shortage and give more rural communities in Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District access to clean running water during the past three financial years. This milestone was noted at the North West Executive...
