The water crisis facing Kimberley’s Sol Plaatjie municipality in the Northern Cape has worsened, leading to stage five water restrictions. The municipality has been battling to keep its Newtown reservoir full since November 2018. Source: SABC...
In an effort to rally all stakeholders in South Africa to work together to address the challenges confronting the water sector the Department of Water and Sanitation is set to launch a series of mini-Operation Phakisa’s. Speaking at a meeting with...
The Department of Water and Sanitation says it is working towards the establishment of a national water regulator. The announcement follows calls from the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) and Water Shortage South Africa (WSSA) for the...
The Department of Water and Sanitation on Thursday launched the new Magalies Water Services Laboratory in the North West. The laboratory will provide a range of services from water quality testing and sampling to research and other services...
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) says Rand Water’s decisions to limit water supply to certain Mpumalanga municipalities because of non-payment is a direct result of bosses getting backdated bonuses. Rand water recently reduced water...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to look into the affairs of Umgeni Water. The KwaZulu-Natal water utility is the second largest water board in the country, with an annual turnover of more than R2.4...
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) is continuing to call for an independent water regulator to not only regulate the country’s water sector but spearhead much needed interventions. According to Outa the Department of Water and Sanitation has...
Rand Water has reduced water supply to two Mpumalanga municipalities who failed to make payments for services rendered. In a statement released on Wednesday the utility said that water pressure to the Victor Khanye Municipality and the Govan Mbeki...
Despite declining dam levels from the warm summer weather the City of Cape Town says water consumption has remained on the conservative side for the past month. The City says the average water usage, which has remained under 600 million litres of...