The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has a mandate to coordinate and implement SDG 6 in South Africa by 2030. WASA catches up with Mark Bannister, chief engineer and SDG 6 coordinator at the DWS, to find out about its implementation and...
Approximately eight Western Cape municipalities have come under fire for unsustainable waste management programmes aggravated by lack of funding and suitable land. The Western Cape province possesses 57 landfill sites in various regions and the...
Coal has played a significant role in power generation in Africa, however, global climate policies are threatening the continued use of the energy resource, opting rather for cleaner sources of energy. As the voice of Africa in the energy sector,...
The Department of Environment, Fisheries, and Forestry Minister Barbara Creecy has filed an affidavit with the court, following the ruling of the Air Quality Control Act which is against air pollution caused by Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd and Sasol...
The KwaZulu-Natal government has revised its estimated total cost of flood damage to approximately R17bn. The cost estimate for resumption of service is R955.4m and long term rehabilitation work is estimated at R1.68bn. Prasa, which lost about...
The recent flooding in KwaZulu-Natal have had a huge impact on businesses operating in South Africa in general and especially those operating in the province. Apart from lost productivity, there has also been significant damage to infrastructure....
The City of Johannesburg has inherited an infrastructure backlog of R300 billion, says mayor Mpho Phalatse, describing it as an emergency. According to Phalatse, there is a massive backlog in upgrading Johannesburg’s infrastructure on years of...
The Department of Water and Sanitation has released a report on the state of reservoirs in the country stating that recent rains in most parts of the country have boasted the national water storage. The volume of water stored in the reservoirs of...
The Mpumalanga Province has recorded improvements in various of their dams and the water management areas (WMA) as a result of the good rains received over the past week. The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) weekly state of reservoirs...
The Minister of Water and Sanitation, Senzo Mchunu has assured communities living in areas that have been affected by the floods that progress work is underway to make immediate and long-term repairs to damaged water and sanitation infrastructure....
