All Water Service Authorities are being instructed to set aside at least 7% of their total budgets towards the maintenance and management of infrastructure. Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane made this announcement at the recent...
Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has identified six key areas that require, what she terms, radical game changers. Addressing the Water and Sanitation Summit, Mokonyane announced that the summit would be a platform to deal with key...
The Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane is hosting a two-day water and sanitation summit on 1 and 2 August. The purpose of the summit is to bring together all stakeholders in the water and sanitation sectors to share information and...
Four Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries will now be able to collectively manage their water resources more efficiently with the launch of the Limpopo Watercourse Commission. Launched in Maputo, the Limpopo Watercourse...
By Mava Scott, head of communications for the Department of Water Affairs Water plays a strategically important role in terms of its contribution to the South African economy. The reliable supply of water in sufficient quantities and to the...
The Select Committee on Social Services has put pressure on the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) to solve challenges in the provision of quality water to citizens. Chairperson of the Select Committee Catherine Dlamini pointed out that most...
AfriForum has accused the Ngaka Modiri Molema Municipality of not recognising the severity of the potentially water-related deaths of babies in the area. In March a member of the public allegedly reported that eight children under the age of two...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is in the process of reviewing and possibly amalgamating the National Water Act of 1997 and the Water Services Act of 1997. The potential amalgamation of the two principal legislations will be subsequent...
South Africa will have a water shortage in the future but contingency plans are in place, the SA Local Government Association (Salga) said.
