Liesl Frankson | Sep 6, 2017
The winners of the 6th Greenest Municipality Competition (GMC) were announced recently with the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and the Polokwane Local Municipality taking top honours as the greenest municipalities in South Africa,...
Liesl Frankson | Sep 5, 2017
Over R650 million will be redirected from the Urban Settlements Development Grant (USDG) to the country’s five metropolitan municipalities following a decision by the forum of Minister and MECs of Human Settlements (MINMEC). According to the...
3SMedia | Oct 9, 2012
Last Wednesday, the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) released its State of Municipal Capacity Report (SMCR) for the 2010/11 financial year. The report is a bigger, beefier piece of analysis than previous editions of the SMCR, and it could be a...
3SMedia | Sep 10, 2012
At the end of June this year, the end of the 2011/2012 financial year, metro municipalities in South Africa were owed R46.1 billion. The amount for all municipalities in the country is R77.5 billion. Households remain the biggest culprit,...
3SMedia | Jun 6, 2012
This year’s World Environment Day (WED) celebrations in South Africa comes after the National Treasury allocated R800 million for the Green Fund over the next two financial years, which represents a critical resource mechanism to achieve a...
3SMedia | Jun 5, 2012
Resident of Botshabelo in the Free State are risking their lives daily to access water after their taps ran dry two weeks ago. Women with children brave an almost 2 km walk to nearby hills to fetch ‘filthy water’ from wells and streams....
3SMedia | May 2, 2012
The Bethlehem hydro project obtained the first, non-consumptive, water-use licence for a hydro power station under the Water Act. Water&Sanitation Africa looks at the highlights of this groundbreaking project. The Bethlehem hydro is a truly...
