Anyone who wants to attempt fracking in South Africa will now have to get permission from the water affairs minister. Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, was added to the list of controlled activities in the National Water Act, according to a notice...
Service delivery complaints are common and diverse. But a few residents in KwaMashu, west of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, have a rather peculiar problem. They have homes, but it’s quite a challenge to reach them. Source: SABC Digital News Source...
A portfolio committee on Water and Sanitation has expressed concern over the Department of Water and Sanitation’s qualified audit opinion. In a statement released by the committee it says the area of major concern is the under-expenditure of...
President Jacob Zuma says government’s efforts to restore the dignity of the residents of Langa through the roll-out of integrated human settlements have paid off. The President officially opened the N2 Gateway project in the Cape Town informal...
The City of Cape Town has started construction on the second phase of its Cape Flats 3 Bulk Sewer (CF3) project. The contractor will soon be setting up their site offices in the vicinity of Yusuf Gool Boulevard in Rylands and starting with the test...
As government continues to roll out new water infrastructure, Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister Pamela Tshwete has called on communities to ensure that it remains protected from vandalism and theft. Deputy Minister Tshwete made the call on...
President Jacob Zuma will officially launch the N2 Gateway Housing Project in Cape Town South Africa on Thursday, 15 October 2015. The project, which was established by government in 2004 and funded by all nine provinces, involves the development...
Department of Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa led a national consultative conference on e-Waste management, on Gauteng, 4 September 2015. E-waste is an increasing problem, clogging landfills with harmful substances, especially chemicals,...
Let’s face it – it’s going to be a waste of time teaching your kids to live a green lifestyle if you don’t act that way yourself. Just recycling here and there, whenever the urge takes you, isn’t going to do anyone any good – especially the planet....
