Rustenburg, in the North West, has been battling with water shortages for nearly two weeks. The municipality says it is trying to resolve the problem, which is little comfort for residents. Source: eNCAnews
Two of South Africa’s largest lakes – Sibaya and St Lucia – are being drained by a combination of drought and the growing water demands of the timber industry and local people. This is the warning from scientists attending the recent national...
The Water Research Commission (WRC), in partnership with the Departments of Water Affairs (DWA) and Science and Technology (DST), will host the Water Research and Development Symposium at the CSIR International Convention Centre from 25 to 27...
The eThekwini Municipality will deploy all available resources in an attempt to reduce the escalating rate of water loss in the City, according to an announcement by the Municipality’s Communications Unit on the 18 September. According to the...
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM) has a released a statement assuring residents of Duduza that the water is safe to drink. “There is no truth to the malicious rumour that surfaced last week alleging that the drinking water in Duduza...
While the annually utilizable groundwater resources in South Africa are in the same order of magnitude as the surface water sources – 7 000 to 10 000 million m³/a – at this point only 20% of this volume is used. “This figure presents a large unused...
A remote region of Kenya that suffers from frequent droughts may soon be flush with water after the discovery of huge underground aquifers. Of Kenya’s 41 million people, 17 million lack access to safe water, and 28 million do not have...
Municipalities and other local authorities must see to it that private corporations don’t threaten people’s access to affordable, sufficient, safe and clean water, writes Dr Khulekani Moyo. Access to safe water is essential to maintain a healthy...
The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs has on Wednesday, 11 September 2013, made a public statement challenging recent media reports that the new water review policy “was aimed at taking water from farmers.” The Minister emphasised that...
