A Water Action Day was one of the highlights of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Agreement on Climate Change (COP22) in Marrakech, Morocco, earlier this month. The day was true to its name as it was dedicated to all water-related...
Despite the South African government’s efforts to improve basic services nationwide, several areas across the country’s nine provinces still find it challenging to gain access to clean, running water. Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) recently...
The Vaal river system has finally seen a positive improvement in water levels over the last week. Summer rains as well as the water released from the Sterkfontein Dam increased the water levels in the Vaal’s catchment area by 5% (from 26, 5% to 31,...
South Africa appears to be a few steps closer to a possible junk credit rating after ratings agency Fitch changed its outlook on the country from stable to negative. Fitch said the foreign-currency rating and local-currency rating were kept at BBB,...
