In an effort to rally all stakeholders in South Africa to work together to address the challenges confronting the water sector the Department of Water and Sanitation is set to launch a series of mini-Operation Phakisa’s. Speaking at a meeting with...
The Department of Water and Sanitation says it is working towards the establishment of a national water regulator. The announcement follows calls from the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) and Water Shortage South Africa (WSSA) for the...
The Department of Water and Sanitation on Thursday launched the new Magalies Water Services Laboratory in the North West. The laboratory will provide a range of services from water quality testing and sampling to research and other services...
Eskom’s Chief Financial Officer Calib Cassim has pinpointed rising municipal debt together with poor financial and operational performance as a systemic risk to the sustainability of the utility. Cassim was speaking at the National Energy Regulator...
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) says Rand Water’s decisions to limit water supply to certain Mpumalanga municipalities because of non-payment is a direct result of bosses getting backdated bonuses. Rand water recently reduced water...
The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change says time is of the essence and countries need to step efforts to tackle global warming. The goal is to find ways of limiting global warming to 1-point-5 degrees Celsius. The panel is meeting in Durban...
Organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics are looking to turn waste into worth by sourcing the metals for their medals from discarded electronics. While the island of Japan may lack natural resources it has been labelled as home to the world’s largest...
A recently launched electronic waste management programme is set to kill two birds with one stone in the Tshwane community of Mamelodi. The programme, which aims to clean up the garages and storerooms of the local community, will also help raise...
In a bid to address housing challenges in the city of Matlosana in the North West province, the local MEC for Human Settlements, Motlalepula Rosho, has established an intervention task team. The MEC met with housing developers in the Dr Kenneth...
