Africa’s gas market is set to grow significantly over the next two decades. There is great excitement around the large gas finds in Mozambique, Kenya and Tanzania, which has sparked a gas boom on the east coast. The emergence of shale gas in...
Thieves have been caught on camera at various points throughout the City of Johannesburg stealing brass water meters so that they can resell them as scrap metal. By Frances Ringwood The benefit to the thieves is little but replacement costs...
As Southern Africa battles one of the worst droughts on record in 100 years, the country has used social media to mobilise citizens and provide drinking water for those suffering under the throes of the dry spell. One of the initiatives which has...
Minister of Water and Sanitation, Nomvula Mokonyane, recently appointed the new Board of the Water Research Commission (WRC), which will be led by well-known water sector activists, Dr Nozibele Mjoli, who will serve as Chairperson, and Prof...
The Knysna Municipality has started construction on a brand new R 5.3 million reservoir in Dam-se-Bos. The project which is funded by the Integrated Human Settlement Provincial Department is expected to be completed by June 2016. Knysna...
Proudly South African Pinetown based company SBS Water Systems have partnered with disaster response NGO Gift of the Givers, in rolling out drought relief solutions to areas affected by the current drought. SBS Water Systems has made three SBS...
As the Eastern Cape continues to suffer the effects of drought, several schools in Port Elizabeth launched a week long water collection project. The project will collect water to assist areas of the province devastated by drought. Water bottles...
African heads of state, attending this year’s World Economic Forum, launched a New Deal on Energy, on Thursday 21 January 2015. The deal is aimed at securing universal access to electricity by 2025. The theme for WEF 2016 is “Mastering the Fourth...
The Eastern Cape Province will benefit from the construction of the N2 Wild Coast highway as it is expected to unlock the economic, tourism and developmental potential of the area. Transport Minister Dipuo Peters, together with the Minister of...
Global markets tumbled yesterday in what some are describing as “Black Wednesday”, due to the fallout from the oil price slump, as investors opted to pare back exposure to equities. This gives food for thought to world leaders meeting at the World...
