Residents of Molapowabojang have called on the government to come up with an elaborate water management plan that will help ease water shortage experienced in the southern part of the country due to frequent North/South water carrier pipe...
Vandals in the eastern Free State town of Senekal have hit the town where it hurts the most, its water infrastructure. In a series of recent incidents, vandals have damaged boreholes and water tanks, and stolen parts from the town’s pump...
Ramsgate residents say that water problems in their area are continuing and that they are getting tired of empty promises by Ugu to solve the problem. Despite Ugu District municipality issuing a statement that water shedding would be...
An engineer at the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Gauteng is in hot water, following a power outage at the hospital. The hospital’s generators gave in. Four neonatal babies were removed from the hospital due to the power failure. Gauteng Health...
Cape Town intensified water restrictions as South Africa’s worst drought in more than two decades left the city’s dam levels lower than normal. Users are required to cut water consumption by 20% from 10%, the City of Cape Town municipality said in...
As the country battles the worst drought in over two decades, Operation Hydrate says some communities in the Free State have resorted to drinking sewage water. The NGO, together with Mango Airlines, Shoprite and Proudly South African, aims to...
Most of the reservoirs in Polokwane, Limpopo are empty and the water levels at the remaining few are running critically low, the municipality said on Saturday. “The shortage is caused by rapid increase in consumption during the heat wave,”...
Cheap, waterless toilet that turns waste into clean water and power to be piloted in Africa How it works The toilet’s magic happens when you close the lid. The bottom of the bowl uses a rotation mechanism to sweep the waste into a...
The Buffalo City Metro Municipality has urged residents to stockpile water as they face water restrictions which will last from Christmas till Valentine’s Day. The municipality released a statement last Wednesday explaining that residents should...
