The Acting Director-General of the Department of Water and Sanitation, Mbulelo Tshangana, convened a two-day drought intervention meeting with managers and executives from the Department, Water Entities, and the Ministry of Human Settlements, Water...
The Gauteng provincial water storage has shown some signs of improvement as the combined water levels are at 99.2% this week. This is an improvement compared to the same period when water in the province were at 94.3%. Although this is a welcome...
In a statement the Department of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation said it is working with affected provinces, municipalities, other national departments as well as the private sector to alleviate the drought problem. A number of initiatives...
71 volunteers pulled as many as 420 bags of waste from the Hennops River in Centurion this past weekend. All in all, about 13 tons of waste were bagged during the clean-up initiative, which was hosted in collaboration between Hennops Revival, The...
Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Lindiwe Sisulu said the severe drought in the Eastern Cape needed urgent government intervention. Sisulu visited the province with deputy David Mahlobo on Monday to assess the situation, which she...
Construction of a ‘safe, walkable’ R14 billion Cape Town development is due to begin in the first quarter 2020. The Harbour Arch, found in Cape Town’s Foreshore, is due to be built by Amdec Group, the same company which built parts of...
Despite the implementation of water restrictions in Buffalo City, the metro says it’s call for residents to use water sparingly has had nowhere near the impact that is needed. Stage 3 water restrictions came into effect on New Year’s Day in...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has said that dams would be assessed when the rainy weather has subsided to see where the levels stood. A few weeks ago, there were concerns after the Vaal Dam, which provides water for most of Gauteng...
As the downpours continue unabated, the Department of Water And Sanitation would like to caution Gauteng residents against crossing flooded rivers and bridges in the next two days. Hennops River in Centurion, south of Pretoria is already flooded...
