Designing information systems for local needs. By Ulrike Rivett, Michael Champanis and Toni Wilson-Jones Between 1994 and 2012 over 21 million people in South Africa were given access to an improved water source and in 2008 the initiative of Blue...
The upgrade of the Giyani Water Treatment Works (WTW) is 58% complete and is expected to be fully completed by the end of September 2014. Solving Giyani’s water woes Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane told residents of Giyani in...
South Africa has received a lot of bad press surrounding water-related issues this year. However, South Africa is on track to reaching its Millennium Development Goal for water. 89.9% of South African households reported having access to piped...
The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) expresses its deepest sympathy and horror at the senseless murder of a colleague, Geoff Sylvester, who spent much of his career bringing water to the poorest of the poor. Condolences to his...
