The Department of Water and Sanitation met with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on the 1st of August to present the results of the Hammanskraal joint water sampling it conducted with the Commission and the City of Tshwane. The...
The water level of the dam supplying the City of Cape Town is fast approaching the 80% mark. Two state-owned dams are already at 100%. Cape Town experienced good rainfalls this winter, after three years of extreme drought. For months the Mother...
Rand Water said it had repaired a burst pipe on one of its major pipelines on Monday, and water supply should be restored in affected areas in Ekurhuleni and surrounds from the afternoon. Technicians spent the weekend working to fix the pipeline...
Despite a dry winter, Free State continues to store most volumes of water in its reservoirs compared to other provinces in the country. The latest weekly dam levels report by the Department of Water and Sanitation indicates that the province is...
The world has a plastic problem. Tons of plastic products end up in landfills and the ocean causing devastating effects on the environment. But 27-year-old Sibusiso Shabangu turns plastic into fuel, to mitigate the soaring fuel price. Source: SABC...
The strike by City of Tshwane bus drivers and other municipal workers is expected to continue as an agreement between the City and South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) has still not been reached. On Wednesday afternoon, the City...
Eskom, which is considered South Africa’s biggest polluter, has said emissions of particulate matter that cause chronic respiratory disease are at their highest level in two decades. This is due to the state power utility’s financial meltdown,...
The construction of South Africa’s first plastic road could mean the end of potholes, create jobs in the region and contribute to saving the planet. Earlier this year, Horatio Hendricks, Executive Mayor of Kouga Municipality, said local authority...
Job cuts in the mining and constructions industries have resulted in the highest quarterly increase in unemployed persons in South Africa since 2013. While six of 10 industries showed employment growth between Q1 and Q2 of 2019, including the...
