Cape Town has been recognised as the number one water saving city in the world. This after it was able to stave off Day Zero after years of very low rainfall and bone-dry dams but how does Cape Town manage to save water? Source:...
A water system upgrade for two KwaZulu-Natal towns has turned into a disaster. Many frustrated Himeville residents have been without water since the beginning of October, while Underberg’s taps ran dry for two weeks. Last month, the district...
Between January and October, the province has seen 2,155 road fatalities as compared to 2,077 during the same period last year. The department of community safety’s Yusuf Bhyat attributed this to the failure of the media to emphasise the importance...
The City of Ekurhuleni will, on Monday, rolled out a new fleet of Harambee buses and added new routes. This gesture promises township dwellers expanded public transport options. Prospective Harambee passengers can look forward to travelling to...
Municipalities are said to still not be managing their finances properly, this was highlighted by Auditor-General’s report on Municipalities released in June. Source:...
Herman Mashaba, soon to be former Johannesburg Mayor , has resigned as a member of the Democratic Alliance (DA) and will no longer serve as the mayor of Joburg. Mashaba announced his resignation on Monday at a press conference where he spoke...
Deputy President David Mabuza says government is piloting a new plan that has been designed to help struggling municipalities collect revenue that is due to them. Mabuza said this when he fielded oral questions in the National Assembly on Thursday....
Although Cape Town’s dams are currently sitting at 80,6 % of storage capacity, the city has urged resident to continue conserving water. The City is still within its daily allocation of 650 million litres per day, and this is still way down...
The City of Johannesburg has warned residents to use water sparingly after water levels at the Vaal Dam dropped to just below 55%. “Vaal Dam [is] sitting at 53.1% and no water transfers to the Vaal Dam system will be possible until November...
