The accidental release of some 240 tons of toxic effluent into the Msunduzi River in Pietermaritzburg last week should alert governing bodies to the importance of identifying and addressing environmental and social risk in all their activities....
In commemoration of this year’s Mandela Month, the Strategic Water Partners Network (SWPN) joined forces with an array of stakeholders to tidy up the banks of the Hennops River in Gauteng Province. This clean-up programme was under the auspices of...
Around 180 countries reached a deal that aims to sharply reduce the amount of plastic that gets washed into the world’s oceans and clamp down on shipments of plastic waste to poorer countries. This is according to the United Nations. They...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has committed R341 million to saving the Vaal River, in an effort that is expected to create 2Â 000 jobs and establish a new catchment management agency. The DWS recently signed an Implementation Protocol...
