3SMedia | Oct 13, 2020
This Global Handwashing Day (GHD), the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) will on 15 October 2020 join the rest of the world in the commemoration under the theme “Hand Hygiene for All”. This is to remind the public of the importance of...
3SMedia | Oct 9, 2020
Infrastructure News Round Up brings you all the latest news making headlines in infrastructure, water and sanitation and waste management, in just 90 seconds. In this weeks installment: R84 billion mega-city in Gauteng to address housing for...
Oct 5, 2020
The commercial sector has not fully realised the opportunity that exists to reduce their environmental footprint and save money in the long term when it comes to water use. By Ruan Jansen van Rensburg, Mechanical Engineer at SEM Solutions The...
3SMedia | Oct 5, 2020
The City of Cape Town is urging its residents to keep saving water, even though dams have finally reached the 100% mark. The Theewaterskloof Dam, the Western Cape’s biggest, is overflowing for the first time since 2014. The dams...
3SMedia | Sep 30, 2020
Government will have to spend about R6 million on water tanks and trucks for emergency relief of the current water challenges in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. “Rand Water estimated that it would cost government R6 million to procure 100 x 5 000...
Danielle Petterson | Sep 28, 2020
As Nelson Mandela Bay declares ‘Day Zero’ and the Vaal Dam’s levels continue to decline, South Africa is yet again reminded of its status as a water scarce country. Nelson Mandela Bay has become South Africa’s first large city to reach Day Zero,...
Sep 28, 2020
In March of last year, the World Bank put out a report on electricity access in sub-Saharan Africa. The study measured how people were both able and unable to access electricity by region and country. The findings were a wake-up call for policy...
3SMedia | Sep 28, 2020
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) said on Sunday that it may have to impose water restrictions across the country, this is due to the absence of heavy downpours in the coming months. DWS issued a weekly report on the status of water...
3SMedia | Sep 25, 2020
The Department of Water and Sanitation has announced that R50m had been allocated for drought intervention in Eastern Cape Municipalities. The announcement was made on Tuesday by acting director-general, Trevor Balzer, during a joint media briefing...
