Since 1991 the city of Stockholm, Sweden has been host to an annual conference called the World Water Week organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). This is a gathering of governments, institutions and individuals working on...
The South African government and the Water Research Commission have been offered a €1.3 million (R18.4 million) grant by the African Water Facility (AWF) to improve water delivery services. This initiative will be supported and driven by the...
Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane and Deputy Minister Pamela Tshwete presented the 2014 Women in Water Awards in Rustenburg last Friday. The awards serve as a vehicle for the department to recognise the work done by women and the...
The Kopanong Local Municipality has been given 18 months to implement a turnaround strategy to fix its water crisis. The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has found that the municipality in the Free State has violated residents’ right...
Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane has promised the residents of Giyani in Limpopo access to water by the end of September. “It cannot be that people have access to clean water in affluent suburbs, while the people of Mopani...
The 2014 World Water Week, organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), is taking place in Stockholm from 31 August to 5 September. The World Water Week in Stockholm involves more than 200 organisations collaborating on over 100...
Deshawn Henry, a Civil Engineering sophomore at the University of Buffalo, spent his summer developing a solar lens using inexpensive supplies from a hardware store that can clean 99.9% of pathogens in a liter of water in about an hour. The...
At least 20 people have been arrested in four days of protest violence in the Southern Cape town of Mossel Bay. Residents set fire to local municipal buildings and looted shops. Source: eNCAnews Source URL:...
The ministers of Water & Sanitation, Health, and Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs has been issued joint letters by the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), asking them to intervene urgently to ensure the provision of clean...
