The number of South Africans receiving basic services from municipalities across the country increased between 2015 and 2016. According to the results which were published by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), the highest percentage increase was...
A mine water coordinating body has been established in Emalahleni’s coal mining area in Mpumalanga. This comes after the recent launch of the National Water and Sanitation Dialogue. Emalahleni’s coal mining area begins approximately 100km east of...
By Frances Ringwood “We start work at 4 o’clock in the morning. We have to get up that early because if we’re late, the rubbish trucks will beat us to the bins. Our name for ourselves is the ‘Abagerezi’.  Abagerezi do not have supervisors because...
An overloaded sewerage system is no longer causing a stink in Newscastle, KwaZulu-Natal. The outdated Ncandu pump station, situated five kilometres from the town, was unable to meet high sewage capacities. This left the municipality and downstream...
