Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has placed the Amatola Water Board in the Eastern Cape under administration. The decision follows Sisulu’s meeting with her advisors where she received reports regarding intensified...
Close to 17,000 water tanks and over 1 200 water tankers have been delivered around the country to communities in need during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is according to what the Water and Sanitation Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu said on Wednesday. This...
An additional 141 water tanks have been rolled out by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) across needy areas of Gauteng to push back against the rising tide of the novel coronavirus pandemic. So far, 1 926 water tanks have been distributed...
The Chairpersons of the Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation – and the Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements, Machwene Semenya and China Dodovu,...
During the recent drought in Cape Town, diverse opinions were expressed regarding the underlying reasons why the city found itself hurtling towards the so-called “Day Zero”. By Dr V Jonker |Aurecon Although the debate was often characterised by...
Over the past few years, South Africa has been hit by a number of water shortages. With COVID-19 in the country, household usage of water has gone up because of the amount of times we have to wash our hands. Now consumers are able to monitor their...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has delivered 45 water tanks to the Bushbuckridge Local Municipality to aid the municipality in ensuring reliable water supply to the communities of this rural municipality. This is meant to ensure that...
More than 4500 water tanks have been dispatched to various communities in Eastern Cape Province. This is in an effort stop the spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic which has claimed 48 lives so far. This roll out of water tanks and...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has instructed Water Service Authorities (WSAs) in the country to ensure that all water provided, especially to rural and informal settlements, through tankers (trucks) and tanks be of reliable quality...
