The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is disappointed by the Department of Water Affairs’s (DWA) response to its report on water and sanitation. The SAHRC recently released its Report on the Right to Access Sufficient Water and Decent...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is discussing opportunities for private sector financing in water and sanitation. To date, the AfDB has focussed its lending exclusively on public sector entities. However, AfDB head of water Mohamed El Azizi...
For every engineer in South Africa there are 3 000 people, says SAICE CEO Manglin Pillay. Pillay highlighted South Africa’s shortage of civil engineers while addressing engineering students at the University of the Witwatersrand. He pointed out the...
Improved maintenance and upgrades has helped the City of Cape Town keep its water demand below the peak level recorded in 2001. Cape Town mayoral committee member for utility services, Ernest Sonnenberg, announced that through careful management,...
