WaterCAN has welcomed the landmark Mpumalanga High Court ruling that fined the Emalahleni Local Municipality R650 million for years of allowing untreated sewage to flow into rivers and dams – but says this must be the start of a nationwide...
A recent high court judgment could be a game changer for the setting of municipal electricity tariffs in South Africa. In late October 2025, the court ruled that the process used by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to decide...
The Department of Transport has postponed the implementation of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Act to 1 July 2026. The nationwide rollout of AARTO was initially scheduled to begin on 1 December 2025. In a statement...
The Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs & Development Planning (DEA&DP) has published the 2025 regional water market intelligence report (MIR) identifying key developments in the water sector. “The key findings from the MIR’s...
