The market for green water technologies is expanding in South Africa due to rising water resource and utility costs, growing resource scarcity, and an increasing consumer demand for more sustainable products. This is according to the GreenCape’s...
The City of Cape Town recently released a list of the city’s highest water users. One of the highest water using streets revealed was Haywood Road in Crawford where one resident in particular received an exorbitant water bill of R119,000. The...
Water leaks are becoming a bigger cause for concern with municipalities desperately trying to conserve more water, while trying to decrease the amount of clean water that is being wasted through burst water pipes. Old water infrastructure has been...
Following the approval of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project’s (LHWP) Phase II Compensation Policy, a consultative workshop was recently held by the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA). The workshop was used as a platform to unpack the...
Through an online portal, an organisation called Waterforeveryone has provided a platform for communities and organisations to develop innovative approaches to improve access to fresh and safe water, as well as share knowledge and raise global...
As some parts of South Africa begin to recuperate from severe drought conditions, the Western Cape and its agricultural sector remain hard hit. As a result of poor rainfall last winter, the Department of Water and Sanitation has decided to...
General Motors (GM) plans to sell its majority ownership stake in General Motors East Africa to its Japanese partner Isuzu Motors. This comes as the company has a broader goal to refocus its capital on more profitable markets. This was announced by...
The expansion of the Gautrain rail network has the full backing of the province’s road and transport department as it will have “significant socio-economic development benefits”. MEC for Roads and Transport Ismail Vadi said the project is estimated...
Phase 2 of the R87 million Cedar Road upgrading project was launched on Thursday by Gauteng Roads and Transport MEC Ismail Vadi in Johannesburg. “The project involves the rehabilitation and widening of Cedar road on both sides to a dual carriageway...
Collins Letsoalo, acting CEO of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has been let go by the parastatal with immediate effect. However, according to an email he sent to Prasa board members, he is not going anywhere. Letsoalo told The...
