WWF’s call to make SA a waste-free festive season
Going Green – and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has urged South African consumers to make it a waste-free festive season. Source: SABC Digital...
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DBSA concludes $81.30m loan facility with Mozambique’s EDM
The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has provided finance to the Government of Mozambique’s national energy utility, Electricidade De Mocambique, “EDM”. The national utility has received a senior debt loan facility of US$81.30m from the...
Dam levels will be assessed once rainy weather has subsided
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has said that dams would be assessed when the rainy weather has subsided to see where the levels stood. A few weeks ago, there were concerns after the Vaal Dam, which provides water for most of Gauteng...
Minister calls for suggestions from stakeholders to solve construction industry issues
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille has requested that the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) resubmit a report containing industry views on issues faced by the industry and recommendations on how to solve those...
What impact does load shedding have on the economy?
South Africans are experiencing stage six of load-shedding, with many residents upset over the rolling blackouts. However, what impact does load shedding have on the economy? Source:...
Civil construction sector sees improved confidence
First National Bank (FNB) and the Bureau for Economic Research (BER) says construction activity has continued to improve in the fourth quarter of the year. The Civil Confidence Index rose to 22 in the fourth quarter, the first time since the second...
Don’t cross flooded rivers and bridges – warns DWS
As the downpours continue unabated, the Department of Water And Sanitation would like to caution Gauteng residents against crossing flooded rivers and bridges in the next two days. Hennops River in Centurion, south of Pretoria is already flooded...
Our groundwater is in peril
The 2020 WISA Conference calls for #allhandsondeck to address the looming water crisis caused by insufficient water infrastructure maintenance and investment, climatic variation, inequities in access to services, deteriorating raw water quality,...
R100m allocated to investigate KZN’s lack of water delivery
Water tank truck tenders are suspected to be behind the KwaZulu-Natal district municipalities’ failure to provide clean tap water to communities. This was a view of provincial finance portfolio committee chairperson Sipho Nkosi. Nkosi was among...
Update on dam levels amid heavy Gauteng rainfall
According to Rand Water, on 2 December the Vaal Dam was at 40,8 percent capacity. Department of Water spokesperson, Sputnik Ratau updates gives an update on the status of the dams, amid heavy Gauteng rainfall....
