A parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation held public hearings last week to address vandalism and theft of water infrastructure in the country. The committee heard the theft of copper cable, as well as pipes, pumps and other...
The Oudtshoorn Municipality says it’s Technical Services Directorate is making strides in the implementation of the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) valued at R20 million for the current financial year ending in June next year. In a statement...
The Southern Eye newspaper in Zimbabwe reports that a fire on Sunday night destroyed a B2B warehouse destroying impounded goods worth thousands of dollars at the Beitbridge border. The fire is believed to have been caused by an electrical fault and...
A new report by the World Bank Group has revealed that Climate change impacts, such as extreme heat events, may now be unavoidable because the Earth’s atmospheric system is locked into warming close to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels by...
According to Eskom the power system remains constrained and this weekend will see a very high risk of load shedding. Eskom says, “There is a very high risk of load shedding over the weekend. A portion of the capacity normally imported from Cahora...
A recent study by the Californian government determined that cost of preventing plastic litter from entering the ocean is as high as USD428 million per year. Activities that contribute to the cost include street sweeping, storm drain maintenance...
The power utility has said that the risk for load-shedding will increase later in the week as South Africa’s power system is expected to be tight over the next few days. Eskom said is a statement, “This risk does increase later in the week as water...
Knysna municipality is in the process of removing redundant standpipes in the formalised sections of the Northern Areas in Knysna. Municipal Manager Lauren Waring said Knysna has experienced low water levels in recent months and the municipality...
The Emfuleni Local Municipality has refuted claims that its sewer reticulation system is one of the pollution threats to the Vaal River System, through E-coli and other pathogens, from raw or poorly treated sewage. In a statement released last week...
