Stakeholders in the water sector expressed concern that South Africa could face a serious crisis if water regulation is not seriously implemented. This came during a provincial stakeholders’ consultative workshop held in Mahikeng on Tuesday. The...
P2W Ltd.(Pollution to Water), owned by CEO Palmach Zeevy, has signed its first contract in South Africa – a NIS 35 million deal with mining giant AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (NYSE: AU; LSE; ASX: AGG; JSE; GSE: AGA) to clean mines’ water...
Villagers from Matavhela and Mufulwi have had their tap water supplies restored after alerting OurHealth that they had to rely on unsafe rain and river water. Two weeks ago OurHealth reported on the woes of the fed-up villagers who have been...
Seven in 10 women in sub-Saharan Africa have no access to a safe toilet, which threatens their health and exposes them to shame, fear and even violence. This according to a survey conducted by WaterAid on women living across five slums in Lagos,...
In 2001, Singaporean businessman Jack Sim founded the World Toilet Organisation to bring attention to the lack of sanitation in developing countries. Travellers are still taking part in the organizsation’s annual World Toilet Day (19 November),...
On World Toilet Day, 2.5-billion people sit without access to adequate sanitation. A child dies every 15 seconds as a result. In South Africa the move towards universal access has improved since 1994, but the census showed that 5.2% of households...
The Nkhensani Hospital in Giyani, Limpopo, is affected by a water crisis in the town after the Nsami Dam started drying up, according to a report on Monday. The Sowetan reported the hospital had been relying on the municipality to deliver water in...
Trends, Milestones and Challenges After 37 years as a scientist in the field of groundwater, and having just celebrated his 30th anniversary with SRK Consulting, partner and principal hydrogeologist Peter Rosewarne looks at some developments in the...
Photo: DPI Plastics product manager, RenierSnyman DPI Plastics technical and product manager Renier Snyman points out that the company’s range of Ultraflo pipes are manufactured from modified polyvinyl chloride (mPVC), which is specifically...
Photo: Various government commissions and agencies that have been established to solve problems in local government can research and examine the problems being experienced in infrastructure delivery but the delivery of service infrastructure can...
