The Buffalo City Metro Municipality has urged residents to stockpile water as they face water restrictions which will last from Christmas till Valentine’s Day. The municipality released a statement last Wednesday explaining that residents should...
In late December the Water and Sanitation Department indicated that the release of extra water from the Katse Dam in Lesotho would bolster water supply and relieve the impact of the drought. The flow of the 10 Cumec started in late December and was...
KwaZulu-Natal’s (KZN) North Coast long-term water shortages may momentarily be over when the Lower Tugela Bulk Water Supply Scheme (LTBWSS) starts reticulating water to KwaDukuza and Ballito by mid 2016. Funded by the Department of Water and...
This was a tumultuous year for South Africa as the country faced off against load shedding, a shaky currency, a drought and a string of protests from the man on the street right up to parliament members. In case you were under a rock this year,...
A well-known soft drink company recently released a study that aims to contribute towards recycling and diverting waste to landfill through the support and development of waste pickers. On 29 September this year, the Department of Environmental...
Over 100 enthusiastic young participants on the Department of Environmental Affairs’ Youth Environmental Services (YES) Programme are equipped to pursue careers in the green economy after having received their graduation certificates at a ceremony...
Cleaning up the water left over from mining operations can literally take generations — 25 to 50 years on average — leaving billions of gallons of the precious resource locked up and useless. Now, a University of Florida (UF) researcher...
The Department of Water and Sanitation says Cuban experts in the water and sanitation sector, which have been contracted to work in South Africa for two years, continue to be productive. The Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane...
Over 100 families living in the Polokwane Transit Camp, near Newlands East, were handed the keys to their new homes in Cornubia, Phase 1B over the weekend. Among the recipients was 20 year-old Wandile Khumalo who is disabled. He was elated at...
