Water | Infrastructure news - Part 148

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Nomvula Mokonyane

DWS roots out slow transformation

Transformation will be prioritised in the department’s construction management unit, minister Nomvula Mokonyane told Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation. During her address in which she gave the committee an overview of the...
A new report says that there could be more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050. Picture: Supplied

Operation Clean Sweep launched

The South African plastics industry recently launched Operation Clean Sweep on World Oceans Day (8 June 2017) at the uShaka Marine World in Durban. According to Douw Steyn, sustainability director at Plastics|SA, the primary goal of the campaign is...
Hout Bay beach in Cape Town.

Cape’s new approach to water management

The City of Cape Town is taking a new resilience approach to water management in the city, mayor Patricia de Lille said on Sunday. After experiencing one of the worst droughts in almost 100 years, the city is looking at securing new sources of...