As factors from droughts to urbanisation add to the dire global water crisis, the ensuing misery falls even more on women and girls in the world’s poorest countries. The statistics are staggering:around the world, women and girls expend a...
Zimbabwe’s second city Bulawayo has ordered its residents to flush toilets at the same time once a week to prevent blockages during frequent periods of water rationing, the mayor said last Saturday. “We are going to have a big flush every Monday to...
Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) announced earlier this month that it is investing R21 million in a new wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) to facilitate the manufacturing of the all-new Ranger at FMCSA’s Silverton Assembly Plant. The...
Lesotho’s Highlands water system, which supplies water from the mountainous kingdom to the South Africa province that includes Johannesburg and the capital Pretoria, will shut the next two months for maintenance work. Gauteng province, South...