Residents of Emfuleni Local Municipality are facing water shortages after the municipality failed to settle a R400 million water bill owed to Rand Water. The debt owed dates over two years. Rand Water took action to force the municipality to settle...
South Africa needs to radically change how it supplies and uses water if the country wants to grow its economy. This is the sentiment of Dr Shafick Adams Executive Manager of the Water Research Commission. “As our climate is changing and the main...
The Western Cape Local Government is in negotiations with the National Disaster Management Centre for emergency funding to assist drought stricken Beaufort West. News24 reported on Tuesday that the centre had declined the local government’s request...
The City of Cape Town has redirected R2 billion from its budget to fund seven additional water projects. “We have looked at ways to fund a first phase of water supply projects by relooking at our spend across the city to see which non-water related...
