Minister of Water and Sanitation Gugile Nkwinti says an urgent intervention is need to align project management and planning with the department’s available budget. Speaking at the department’s Budget Vote speech, Nkwinti said realignment was...
Civil society action group Outa says government plans to spend approximately R88 500 to replace a single bucket toilet this year. How is this cost possible? Yamkela Ntola, OUTA’s Portfolio Manager for Water and Environment says overspending by the...
The City of Ekurhuleni is set to undertake a re-blocking project to reconfiguring the current layout of its informal settlements. Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Human Settlements Lesiba Mpya said the main purpose of the re-blocking...
City of Johannesburg Executive Mayor, Herman Mashaba has appointed a new MMC for Housing in an effort to turnaround the portfolio. The Mayor in a statement announced that Councillor Meshack van Wyk of the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP)...
Tshwane Human Settlements Minister Nomaindiya Mfeketo says the City’s recently launched Thembelihle Social Housing Village is an example of how to integrate mixed housing in the inner city as a way of undoing the apartheid legacy of racialised...
The office of the Public Protector in the Northern Cape has stepped in to assist communities facing numerous sewage problems in the Kimberley area. The Sol Plaatje municipality has been battling to resolve it for years. The Public Protector says...
Water security is a top priority, directly impacting on South Africa’s ability to maintain and grow its economy and meet infrastructure targets. WASA talks to James Preston, marketing manager, SBS® Tanks, about recent projects and the company’s...
Minister of Water and Sanitation Gugile Nkwinti says the Giyani Water Project is high on the priority list of parliament. Speaking at a fact-finding visit to Giyani recently the minister said the project would be reprioritised in terms of the...
South Africa’s first solar powered desalination plant is set to be commissioned in the Western Cape later this year. The project, which was initiated by Prof. Erwin Schwella, Professor of Public Leadership at Stellenbosch and Tilburg Universities...
Transnet National Ports Authority has appointed Nozipho Mdawe as new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Mdawe, whose appointment will be effective as of 21 May 2018, is taking over the role from Phyllis Difeto and according to the Ports authority the...
