The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) in the Northern Cape has received all 884 water tanks allocated to the province, however, the DWS is concerned about the slow pace of installation of these tanks. Only 347 water tanks have been installed...
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases confirmed the first COVID-19 case on 05 March 2020. Proactively, the Government of South Africa acted swiftly by declaring COVID-19 a disaster in terms of the Disaster Management Act (57 of 2002). In...
Water and Sanitation minister Lindiwe Sisulu, has appealed to municipalities throughout the country to refrain from the abrupt cutting of water supply to residents as this deprives them of their basic human right of access to clean water. The...
There is no evidence that COVID-19 will contaminate water supplies, but the pandemic has highlighted water challenges putting communities’ health at risk, say industry stakeholders. Panellists participating in a high-level webinar hosted by Messe...
