The African Development Bank (AfDB) recently commemorated World Toilet Day with the release of encouraging results of a Community Led Total Sanitation program in two African countries. In Uganda, there is strong will and AfDB support to end “flying...
Disciplinary actions will be taken against municipal workers who have pumped raw sewage into a field, the Naledi municipality in North West said recently. “The incident was reported on Monday [28 September]; we started with investigation and...
The poorest suburbs of the Zimbabwean Capital are set for a $16 million cleanup, thanks to a fast-tracked grant from the African Development Bank Group (AfDB). The first stage of the project will concentrate on removing the raw sewage currently...
New developments are emerging in South Africa’s national conversation on using hydraulic fracturing (fracking) technology to release shale gas in the Karoo. These include the publication of the updated Regulations for Petroleum Exploration and...