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Innovation necessary for service delivery

Public Service and Administration Minister Collins Chabane says the public sector must challenge itself to be creative and embrace innovation as a new way of doing government business more smartly. Speaking at the Centre for Public Service...

Urgent intervention for Inkwanca on the cards

Challenges experienced by the Inkwanca Local Municipality  have resulted to the disruption of service delivery, such as the provision of water to the community of Molteno. The Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs in the...

Sexwale called on to implement RHIG budget

A reply to a parliamentary question has revealed that Minister of Human Settlements, Tokyo Sexwale, only managed to spend 5.8% (R27.8 million) of the R479.5 million budgeted for the Rural Household Infrastructure Grant (RHIG). The Rural Household...
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Giyani WTW upgrade 58% complete

The upgrade of the Giyani Water Treatment Works (WTW) is 58% complete and is expected to be fully completed by the end of September 2014. Solving Giyani’s water woes Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane told residents of Giyani in...

Mining spill turns Mexico River orange

Officials in Mexico imposed water restrictions on towns and cities along a river in the state of Sonora following a spill late last week of around 10 million gallons of contaminated wastewater containing sulfuric acid from mining operations in the...

Mokonyane — Planning can’t be a project

“Planning can’t be a project. The project must be releasing water in somebody’s yard, making sure that there is dignified sanitation,” Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane told the CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards last night (12...