The Auditor General’s report highlighted the dysfunctionality within municipalities. Only 7 percent received clean audits. Well, the South Africa Local Government Association has launched a Municipal Barometer web portal which tracks a...
IMIESA speaks to Tumelo Gopane, managing director, East Rand Water Care Company (ERWAT), about the company’s future strategy and its pivotal role in changing the landscape of wastewater treatment in South Africa. Home to more than 3.5 million...
The Executive Committee of the eThekwini Municipality says it is happy with the progress made towards implementing a municipal entity that will provide a public transport bus service to Durban. A report on the matter, which was tabled this week,...
In an effort to tackle the world’s waste problem 150 countries around the globe will unite on 15 September 2018 to celebrate the first ever World Cleanup Day. The event, which is an initiative of the Let’s Do It campaign, will kick off in New...
In an effort to reduce the electricity consumption of its streetlights by 50% the George Municipality is set to replace its aging infrastructure with modern Light Emitting Diode (LED) streetlights. The project, which was initiated by the...
Minister of Water and Sanitation Gugile Nkwinti described the department he’s inherited as ‘a mess’. Appearing before the Parliamentary oversite committee, he welcomed the inquiry into the financial state of his department....
Dam levels in the Northern Cape have dipped by a concerning 4.1% in the space of a week according to the Department of Water and Sanitation. The province, which has enjoyed a relatively stable increase in dam levels in recent weeks, showed a...
The Department of Water and Sanitation says claims that it is set to spend R88 500 on a single bucket toilet are outright lies. The department says the allegations, which were made by civil society action group Outa, were baseless and that the...
The South African National Roads Agency Limited says it always strives to meet the requirements set out in all of its Environmental Management Plans (EMP) per project. This comes after the agency recently came under fire for cutting down trees in...
Ethekwini Mayor Zandile Gumede has spoken out against a hostage situation that unfolded at the Durban Solid Waste offices last week Wednesday. In a statement released this week the mayor said the municipality strongly forbids this kind of behaviour...
