By the year 2050, a quarter of the every world’s cities will be facing water shortages. Cape Town is already running out of water now. But the catastrophe was foreseeable: politicians have ignored periods of drought and the rapidly growing...
Concern has been raised about the state of the country’s rivers, as it’s estimated that the water is being polluted by billions of litres of raw sewage on a daily basis. Experts believe that this is reaching crisis levels. While issues have been...
Bluewater, a leader in water purification technology and solutions, called for urgent new strategies to tackle plastic pollution. This is after a UK university study revealed that water treatment processes exacerbate break down of microplastics...
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has issued a letter of demand to the City of Tshwane calling for immediate action on the poor-quality potable water supplied by Magalies Water to Hammanskraal residents. “OUTA instructed an independent...
Icebergs the size of Table Mountain could be floating past Cape Town’s coastline in the next few years – in a bid to solve the city’s water shortage. Expert marine salvager Nick Sloane is determined to send an iceberg to the water scarce...
Minister of human settlements, water and sanitation Lindiwe Sisulu, says SA’s water sector requires urgent attention and more resources if it is to avoid an imminent collapse. Sisulu highlighted the problems faced by struggling municipalities...
Cape Town’s water consumption has increased by 28 million litres per day for the past week, the City said on Monday. This means that water consumption is increasing to 583 million litres per day, week-on-week. According to the City, rain over...
The Department of Water and Sanitation has allocated R18 million to JS Moroka Local Municipality to address water shortages in Mpumalanga. The municipality has experienced water supply challenges due to persistent drought resulting from low river...
With the planet at a ‘tipping point’, civil society, industry and public sector have to take urgent collective action to reduce plastic, eliminate waste and ensure food and water security, experts said at the opening of IFAT Africa. Speaking at the...
