President Jacob Zuma has committed all spheres of government to provide extra support to areas hard-hit by drought. The President was responding to a series of concerns raised by the members of the community of the uThungulu District Municipality...
The Department of Water and Sanitation says it will deploy water tanks and drill boreholes in the short-term in areas that are severely affected by the drought. Deborah Mochotlhi, the Deputy Director-General responsible for Planning and Information...
Drought conditions are being experiences across the country due to prolonged lower-than-normal rainfall since the beginning of the year, and this has led to water shortages in a number of public water supply schemes or dams. Briefing media in...
The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) has awarded the professional services contract for the planning, design and construction supervision of the housing and associated infrastructure for Phase 2 of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project...
Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe says government has taken the advice of the National Development Plan to heart and put in place an ambitious infrastructure plan which is registering progress. Since 2009, government has been allocating more...
With Africa registering the lowest electricity generation in the world and hydropower severely underexplored, calls are mounting for leaders of government and industry alike to step up efforts. This emerged on the third day of the 2014 World Water...
“We will continue to implement the successful National Infrastructure Plan, under the supervision of the Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Commission, throughout the country,” President Jacob Zuma said during his State of the Nation Address...
An immense contribution recognised At the annual Chairman’s Breakfast event of the inland branch of the Concrete Society of Southern Africa (CSSA) on 21 November, the Concrete Achiever of the Year Award was presented to Dr Reinhold Amtsbüchler, the...
The water risks facing South Africa cannot be addressed by government alone. Collaborative partnerships between the public and private sectors, such as those entered into by Sasol, will be essential to address the risks facing us all, says Andries...
