A new pipeline will soon double the volume of water that can be supplied to the port city of Pemba in the Cabo Delgado Province of Mozambique. Pemba is a popular destination for water sport and diving enthusiasts and has seen an increase in...
As the levels of the Integrated Vaal River System (IVRS) continue to decline with the advent of the winter season and rainfalls becoming scarcer in Gauteng, the Department of Water and Sanitation has called on water consumers to drastically reduce...
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the composition of the national executive last week at the Union Buildings. He revealed that the number of Cabinet portfolios would be trimmed down from 36 to 28. The president reduced 14 ministries down to seven...
A group of engineering students from Mangosuthu University of Technology are making clean, drinkable water more accessible by tackling aging infrastructure which contaminates the water, making it less safe top drink. Sources: eNCA
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has sent out a strong message to municipalities that it will go all out to recoup billions of rand owed to it. Municipalities owed the department about R11billion after failing to pay their water bills....
For the past 20 years, SBS, has been actively contributing to South Africa’s water security with its range of Zincalume® water storage reservoirs. Mava Gwagwa, new business and key accounts director, SBS Tanks, discusses how access to water shapes...
The Makhanda municipality in the Eastern Cape says water is now available for residents. The municipality has also agreed to pay Gift of the Givers for the work they did to avert a disaster. The assurance comes at a time when the National Arts...
Rand Water started the process of reducing flow to the three metros, as a result of declining dam levels in Gauteng reservoirs. City of Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni were hit with water restrictions on Friday morning. In a statement, Rand...
SA’s water treatment sector has the collective knowledge, technology and capacity to solve South Africa’s water and wastewater treatment crisis in as little as three years. This is according to stakeholders set to participate in the IFAT water...