The Gauteng’s main source of water supply, the Vaal Dam has this week continued to decline and the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) appeals to water users to step up efforts to conserve the depleting water resource. Vaal Dam stood at 57.6%...
This National Recycling Day just say NO to packaging not designed to be recycled and send an important message to those brand and product owners who refuse to acknowledge how simple it is to minimise the impact of packaging on our planet. This is...
As South Africa’s population continues to increase, and with it the volumes of waste in the country, so does the need to recycle and reduce the heavy burden on landfills and, ultimately, the planet. But there’s a wider impact of recycling other...
Frequent spells of drought – combined with uncertainty of municipal water supply – are leading more South Africans to invest in their own boreholes. It is a trend that requires responsible management, warns SRK Consulting. While boreholes do help...
After falling to an all-time low of 4 in 2Q2020, the FNB/BER Building Confidence Index jumped by 20 points to 24 in 3Q2020. Despite the rise in confidence, the current level of the index indicates that more than 75% of respondents are dissatisfied...
Day Zero, predicted for 12 April 2018 in the City of Cape Town, would have been the largest drought-induced municipal water failure in modern history. While it was narrowly averted, some municipalities in South Africa have not been so lucky. South...
South Africa’s – and Africa’s – efforts to move towards a circular economy could be boosted by improved collaboration and partnerships between public sector, private sector and communities; and by decentralising programmes and infrastructure to...
It has been a year since South Africa joined the global community to commemorate the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer on the 16th of September. It has been a game of two halves since then, the end of 2019 promising a great...
The Department of Water and Sanitation welcomes the court order and interdict issued against Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality by the High Court of South Africa, North West Division in Mahikeng late this past week. Judge Tebogo Djadje...
South Africa is facing increased pressure on conventional water sources in urban areas. Existing mitigation measures such as increased water abstraction rates, water transfer scheme supplementation and demand side management are no longer effective...
