The City of Cape Town’s Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) programme officially launches in April, following the appointment of a contractor to replace about 83 000 mechanical water meters with smart, modern metering technology. Almost R1,1...
Uncollected garbage is piling up across Johannesburg amid protests and labour disputes at waste management utility, Pikitup. Only two landfill sites are fully operational – Goudkoppies and Robinson Deep, both south of the city – according to a...
South Africa’s first City Improvement District (CID) was established in Johannesburg’s central business district in the early nineties. Since then, the model has been helping to bridge the gap between basic municipal service delivery and the...
In recent weeks, some local government leaders have suggested that Minister Pemmy Majodina is “blaming” municipalities for South Africa’s water challenges, accusing her of passing the buck. AWSISA begs to differ. Minister Majodina is not engaging...
