Infrastructure News Round-Up | 06 August 2021
Infrastructure News Round-Up brings you all the latest news making headlines in infrastructure, water and sanitation, and waste management, in just 90...
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SANDF Technical teams get to work on Vaal River
Technical teams from the South African National Defence Force have started the technical work in the Vaal on Monday. The soldiers have been deployed to help rehabilitate dysfunctional water pumps that have polluted the Vaal River system. SABC...
Kimberley on the brink of water restrictions
Kimberley could soon face water restrictions. Efforts to keep reservoirs at acceptable levels have failed. The Sol Plaatje Municipality says restrictions will be imposed if the combined levels of its reservoirs falls below 100 million litres of...
Rising temps threaten marine life
This installment of Going Green we look at the warming of oceans – one of the effects of global warming. Measuring the magnitude and the rate at which the oceans are warming is a complex process. But, according to a report from the UN...
Thousands of pit latrines are still in use in schools
World toilet day was commemorated recently, but for thousands of people in rural and even urban areas in the Eastern Cape this day holds no meaning. Many resort to do-it-yourself facilities, inadequate and dangerous stop gap measures. Thousands of...
Bill Gates sets out to reinvent the toilet
There are few things Bill Gates likes to talk about more than sanitation which is why it comes as no surprise that he has set out on a quest to reinvent the toilet in a bid to help the poorest of the poor. In one of his latest gatesnotes videos...
Companies involved in water conservation honoured
Various companies involved in water conservation have received top honours from the City of Cape Town. Officials say they are working on a long-term strategy to further preserve the scarce resource. Dam levels in the Mother City stand at over 70...
Large number of villages in Giyani still without water
A large number of villages around Giyani in Limpopo are still without water. That’s despite the Nandoni dam being completed. Billions of rands have been spent on a bulk water scheme, but it was left uncompleted after a dispute between the...
N West’s Kromellenboog Dam dam running low
Dam levels in the North West are the lowest in the country. Water and Sanitation says the province’s dams were about 76% full in October 2017. The average is now just 57-point-5 percent. Fish in the Kromellenboog Dam near Groot Marico are...
Combating pollution in SA oceans
Surfers, marine experts, and environmental organisations are joining forces to raise awareness about plastic pollution in South Africa’s oceans. Marine plastic debris is one of the biggest challenges facing the planet today. Predictions are...