Rapidly escalating waste volumes will create serious consequences for an already intractable problem for towns and cities worldwide, both physically and fiscally. Getting the right industrial waste bin to manage, transport and recycle waste is...
Lack of access to sanitation comes at a heavy price. In 2015 that price amounted to $222.9 billion for the global economy. In Africa the figure sits at $19.3 billion. This is according to a new report released today by the LIXIL Group, published in...
Limits have been placed on the abstraction of water from the catchment areas of the dams supplying the Vaal River and Orange River systems. The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has issued the necessary gazette to reduce such abstraction for...
Mpumalanga municipalities recently received training on the Blue and Green Drop Systems to ensuring effective and efficient water and sanitation service delivery to communities. The Blue and Green Drop certification programmes are innovative means...
World Water Week closed on Friday, concluding that water must be recognised as the enabler of successful implementation of the entire 2030 Agenda as well as the Paris Climate Agreement. “Water – the lifeline of our planet – will be needed to...
Speaking on the sidelines of World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden, Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane highlights government’s water and sanitation plans, maintenance of infrastructure, the drought situation, current projects...
Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown has assured all lenders and investors that Eskom and Transnet are credible and reliable borrowers with strong credit fundamentals as evidenced by their respective credit profiles. This comes after...
The North West Province is still being severely affected by the drought and the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has called on the community to use water wisely while resources remain scarce. The North West Province has very limited water...
Eskom’s Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme has brought Unit 1 into commercial operation thus effectively pumping close to a 1000 MW into the South African power grid. This is the third out of four units to come online, each contributing 333 MW each to...
