City Power will spend more than R500 million over the next three years on the upgrading of six power substations in Region C to increase their capacity and prevent power outages. The six substations that will be given a new lease of life are in...
President Jacob Zuma says South Africa remains committed to diversifying its energy sources to respond to its national development imperatives. Addressing the working lunch of the G20 Heads of State and Government on Monday in Antalya, Turkey,...
A country like South Africa, where rainfall is variable and unpredictable, has to plan for the worst. Specifically, it has to plan to manage the impacts of drought. For cities, present practice is to store enough water to supply the needs of each...
Despite the severe drought that has hit most parts of South Africa, Xanthia remains a success story as its water project nears 98% completion. Ensconced in the rolling hills of Bushbuckridge in Mpumalanga, the impoverished village boasts a...
With the country caught in the grip of a drought and conditions of extreme water scarcity, the Department of Water and Sanitation plans to build a R2 billion pipeline from the Gariep Dam to the Mangaung Municipality in the Free State. Minister...
The Water Institute of Southern Africa (Wisa) has called on citizens to stop playing the blame game and work together when it comes to the country’s water crisis. Wisa chief executive Lester Goldman on Monday said discussions and frustrations...
More than two thousand rural households in KwaZulu-Natal received electricity today, many for the very first time. The KwaZulu-Natal government launched a multi-million electrification project at Makhebeleni in Kranskop. Source: SABC Digital News...
After years of neglect, the Kannaland Municipality in the Kannaland Municipality is finally improving its water and sanitation infrastructure. This has emerged during a visit of the Department of Water and Sanitation to Ladysmith to discuss, among...
November marks World Town Planning month, which commemorates the ideals of community planning that bring professional planners and the general public together. The theme for 2015 is Housing Regeneration, and addresses the pertinent issue of urban...
