It’s safe to say that SA’s water infrastructure is in the same position that the energy sector was in a decade ago. Without huge investment to rehabilitate and replace ageing infrastructure, supply and quality are under threat....
Political leaders meeting at the Rio+20 Summit this week must put water at the heart of sustainable development, making universal access to safe drinking water and sanitation part of a new set of post-2015 development goals, the head of the World...
British multinational banking firm, the HSBC Group has launched a five-year $100 million water programme and selects Ghana to be one of the beneficiary countries of the project. The investment is to help transform the lives of more than 1 million...
Residents of Mncitsini in the Maseyisini constituency risk their lives and illegally cross a border line, separating Swaziland from South Africa, to draw water from a South African dam. Due to the scarcity of water at Mncitsini, residents are left...
With inspiration from a friend too lazy to take a shower and a few months of research on the internet, South African university student Ludwick Marishane has won global recognition for an invention that takes the water out of bathing. Marishane, a...
Tshwane Metro has dismissed as a hoax reports that striking municipal workers have pumped sewage into water reservoirs. They urged residents to ignore SMSs doing the rounds alleging that their drinking water was unsafe. Spokesman Nomasonto Ndlovu...
Bokaa and Letsibogo dams are currently at their lowest water levels in five years. According to the Water Utilities Corporation (WUC), Letsibogo Dam’s level decreased by 46% between June 2011 and June 2012, making it the worst recorded...
Water-IQ is a privately owned company which supplies disinfection and allied equipment to the water, wastewater and swimming pool industry in South Africa. The company has more than 30 years experience in the water industry and in conjunction with...
The implementation of DNA-based methods like polymerase chain reaction in water testing is a new concept for South Africa, and ERWAT was one of the first laboratories to implement these methods. Water&Sanitation Africa speaks to Nico van Blerk,...