The Eastern Cape Department of Agriculture has delivered critical water infrastructure and production support to rural communities in Nqanqarhu, bringing long-awaited relief to vegetable-producing farmers who have struggled with limited irrigation....
“When I drove past this area in December last year, it was beautiful,” says resident Malibongwe “Daki” Tshanga, indicating a temporary housing site on Erf 1948 in Walmer township, Gqeberha. The 580 “temporary residential units” were erected last...
When the taps of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) were perilously close to running dry, one of the most impactful lifelines didn’t come from building a new dam or a flashy pipeline. It came from the flow of data through a new...
Onto its third contractor and R125-million later, the Ngqamakwe water scheme in Tsomo, Eastern Cape, remains unfinished. It was meant to be completed in 2022, using funds allocated by the Department of Water and Sanitation to Amathole District...
