Despite recent heavy rains in the Western Cape, water still needs to be saved and used very sparingly, says Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille. On Friday, the city’s dam levels were recorded at 20.4%. However, with the last 10% of water mostly...
Pleas to save water and reduce consumption are going out to all residents in Knysna as the region only has approximately 26 days of water left. The area was declared a disaster zone in May due to water shortages, however recent wildfires which...
By Songo Didiza A wide variety of socio-economic challenges are currently affecting South Africa’s urban infrastructure systems. Water restrictions are rapidly becoming the most pressing of these and are certainly one we all can’t avoid. South...
By Rianté Naidoo More than R42 million was recently spent to upgrade infrastructure at 64 water treatment facilities across South Africa. This was followed by the assessments of water distribution infrastructures at state-owned facilities. Both...