New developments are emerging in South Africa’s national conversation on using hydraulic fracturing (fracking) technology to release shale gas in the Karoo. These include the publication of the updated Regulations for Petroleum Exploration and...
The people of Kraaipan, in the Ngaka Modiri Molema district municipality, in the North West share one tap among 10 000 people, according to DA MP Leon Basson. This emerged after the DA conducted oversight of the living conditions of the people of...
Primary school pupils and residents of a mine village outside Carletonville face another water shortage after the Merafong Local Municipality decided to cut supply to the mine. According to a report by The Star newspaper, the water supply was...
With weather forecasters predicting a particularly dry summer, concerns over the amount of water stored for KwaZulu-Natal are rising. South African Weather Service prediction research scientist Cobus Olivier says although weather predictions could...
