R2.7 billion in debt is owed to the department of water and sanitation, minister Nomvula Mokonyane told Parliament last week. The debt, which is owed by water boards and municipalities, was described as a “major concern for the department” and was...
Water saving activities in the Eastern Cape are finally beginning to pay off. Various Working for Water (WfW) projects around the province play a critical role in preserving run-off water, contributing to provincial dam levels. These projects have...
One of South Africa’s prominent water treatment companies recently got to show off its plant at the United Nations (UN) World Water Day Summit which was recently hosted in Durban. As a leading water and wastewater treatment company, Veolia Water...
By Frances Ringwood “We start work at 4 o’clock in the morning. We have to get up that early because if we’re late, the rubbish trucks will beat us to the bins. Our name for ourselves is the ‘Abagerezi’. Abagerezi do not have supervisors because...
