The Department of Water and Sanitation’s Western Cape branch is rolling out the second phase of its enforcement and monitoring blitz as part of its drought intervention efforts. Phase Two of the operation is set to target the Breede –...
Mar 1, 2018
This year the central theme of “Breaking barriers, Connecting ideas” seeks to address past, existing and future water resource challenges by promoting collaboration, cooperation and integration within the water sector.The Southern African region...
The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) is prioritising pothole repairs in an effort to address the R11.8 billion backlog required to upgrade the city’s 13 599km road network. To date the agency has repaired 44 350 potholes across the City since the...
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s highly anticipated cabinet reshuffle was announced on Monday evening leaving the National Executive with a whole new look. In a media briefing at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, the President said he had made the...
The contract to provide an emergency desalination plant for the Victoria & Alfred (V&A) Waterfront in Cape Town was recently awarded to Quality Filtration Systems (QFS) and Osmoflo. According to QFS the project, which will address the...
While the national average dam levels reported by the Department of Water and Sanitation are showing a slight increase around the country, certain provinces still remain disaster areas. The latest dam levels report issued by the Department of Water...
The Aquaculture sector in South Africa is set for a major boost with the recent landmark approval of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for a 440 ha Land-based Aquaculture Development Zone (ADZ) and Desalination plant in Zone 10 of the Coega...
A recent study by Irish-based researchers has confirmed that plastic pollution is reaching deep into the ocean with results showing that over 70% of deep sea fish have ingested plastic. According to Anders Jacobson, co-founder and CEO of Blue, the...
Today’s budget speech to be tabled by the finance minister, Malusi Gigaba, is expected to touch on the drought affecting the country, with the focal point on three provinces, the Eastern Cape, Western Cape and the Northern Cape. The drought...
