The City of Cape Town last week started drilling to abstract groundwater from the Cape Flats aquifer as part of its ongoing efforts to mitigate the drought. Speaking at a site visit in Mitchells Plain last week, Executive Mayor Patricia de Lille...
The Department of Water and Sanitation met with AGRI-SA recently to discuss a way forward for the agricultural sector to deal with the challenges created by the debilitating drought engulfing the Western Cape. While the general consensus was that...
The eThekwini Municipality has cautioned residents, especially those in the outer West areas, to use water sparingly. This is as a result of the lower than normal supply of water to these areas according to the municipality. “An investigation is...
The Emfuleni Municipality’s failure to honour its payment arrangement with Rand Water has left residents high and dry amid a heatwave in Gauteng. Sowetan Live on Monday reported that water supply was reduced to some areas in the municipality after...
