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N2 toll road construction goes ahead

After almost 14 years of planning and legal battles, the highly contested construction of the N2 toll road on the Wild Coast region of the Eastern Cape is set to finally get underway in November this year. Central to the project is a new toll road...

Vandals stalk streets, steal water

  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...

Can social media change the way we think about water?

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...
Dr Nozibele Mjoli, Chairperson of the WRC Board

Minister appoints new board for WRC

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...
SBS Tanks

Partnering for drought relief

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...

EC schools launch water project to curb shortage

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...