The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved an International Development Association (IDA*) credit of US$135 million that will provide about 245 792 Ugandans with access to potable water, and another 26 000 to improved sanitation...
The Addis Abeba City Administration proposed a 16 billion-Br preliminary budget for the 2012/13 Ethiopian fiscal year that prioritises water and sewerage services, commanding 13% of the spending plan. The preliminary budget, prepared by the...
Harvesting rainwater could be the sensible option for people who do not have the financial means to pay municipal water bills in urban areas, or those who simply want to conserve the finite resource. There has been a perception, albeit wrong, that...
Thirty two years after obtaining independence from Britain, Zimbabwe’s Local government Minister Ignatius Chombo, here has accused the former colonial masters of relegating rural communities during the pre-Independence (1980) era. Chombo on the...
More than half of all Ethiopians have access to an improved source of drinking water, but the country still has much work to do if it hopes to achieve its goal of providing access to safe water and sanitation for its 83 million people by 2015,...
Harmony Gold must continue paying for pumping and treating acid mine water in and around the Orkney gold mine, the High Court in Pretoria ruled on Monday. Judge Tati Makgoka dismissed an application by the Harmony Gold Mining Company for the court...
Leading local water and wastewater expert, Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies South Africa, a subsidiary of Veolia Water, has been awarded a turnkey project valued at R19 million by vehicle manufacturer, Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa....
Purchases of electricity and gas by South African municipalities decreased by 4.6% to R10 billion in the quarter ended March from R10.5 billion in the quarter ended December 2011‚ the quarterly financial statistics of municipalities by Statistics...
Durban to Rosebank in just over an hour’s high-speed train travel time is something that could become a reality by 2030‚ discussions with China’s CSR Corporation at the Rail Africa exhibition and conference on Wednesday revealed. This means that...
Imagine the benefits of children being able to do their homework by decent light and families enjoying dinner together after sunset. The solar project is one of 15 renewable energy and energy-efficiency demonstration sites co-ordinated by Project...
