Residents of Emfuleni Local Municipality are facing water shortages after the municipality failed to settle a R400 million water bill owed to Rand Water. The debt owed dates over two years. Rand Water took action to force the municipality to settle...
South Africa needs to radically change how it supplies and uses water if the country wants to grow its economy. This is the sentiment of Dr Shafick Adams Executive Manager of the Water Research Commission. “As our climate is changing and the main...
The Western Cape Local Government is in negotiations with the National Disaster Management Centre for emergency funding to assist drought stricken Beaufort West. News24 reported on Tuesday that the centre had declined the local government’s request...
The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation has advised the Department of Water and Sanitation to make the necessary negotiations to cut off the equitable share funding to indebted municipalities. The suggestion was made during a meeting held...
