Transnet has approved further studies into the establishment of a Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) plant at the Port of Cape Town’s Quay 700 area. Cape Town remains a water scarce region, having just emerged from its worst drought since 1904....
Minister of Water and Sanitation Gugile Nkwinti has singled out pollution as the biggest threat to the South Africa’s water quality. “A resolution to the thousands of informal settlements that stretch along South Africa’s rivers must be considered...
Amid challenges such as climate change, disaster reduction and future proofing, is enough being done to preserve our water? Research by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that limiting global warming to 1.5°C...
Up to 50% of the annual inflows into two of South Africa’s important dams could be used up by alien plants over a period of 45 years, if they are left uncleared. This warning about the Western Cape’s Berg River Dam catchment and Limpopo’s De Hoop...
