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Memorandum of Understanding signed

South Africa and the Netherlands signed an understanding for future cooperation in the water sector recently. The MoU is aimed at establishing a framework for cooperation between the two governments on the basis of sustainable development...
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Plans underway to build Africa’s biggest dam

Ethiopia has ambitious plans to build a $4.2 billion dam in the Benishangul-Gumuz region, 40 km from its borders with Sudan. The dam is expected to provide 6.000 megawatts of electricity, enough for its population plus some excess which it will...
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Toe the line, or else!

National Enforcement Week has been kicked off by the Department of Water Affairs issuing stern warnings to companies and individuals responsible for the pollution of the country’s water resources and violating the National Water Act....