As South Africa faces a water crisis, and the Western Cape bears the brunt of the drought in a country that is already water-scarce, experts are asking what led to this situation and which lessons can be implemented going forward? Award -winning...
A Johannesburg Water employee and two developers from the Waterfall Investment Company have been arrested for allegedly stealing water from the City of Johannesburg during the development of Waterfall City. The suspects, Faisel Abrahams, Irvine...
IMIESA speaks to Tumelo Gopane, managing director, East Rand Water Care Company (ERWAT), about the company’s future strategy and its pivotal role in changing the landscape of wastewater treatment in South Africa. Home to more than 3.5 million...
Minister of Water and Sanitation Gugile Nkwinti described the department he’s inherited as ‘a mess’. Appearing before the Parliamentary oversite committee, he welcomed the inquiry into the financial state of his department....
Residents living in Lenasia will be without water in the evenings for the next month as Johannesburg Water undertakes a water balancing exercise in the area. MMC for Environment and Infrastructure Services Department Nico de Jager says this is...
The City of Cape Town’s first temporary desalination plant in Strandfontein is delivering high-quality treated desalinated water into the City’s supply system. Executive Deputy Mayor, Alderman Ian Neilson says the plant is injecting 4.7 million...
Water security is a top priority, directly impacting on South Africa’s ability to maintain and grow its economy and meet infrastructure targets. WASA talks to James Preston, marketing manager, SBS® Tanks, about recent projects and the company’s...
Minister of Water and Sanitation Gugile Nkwinti says the Giyani Water Project is high on the priority list of parliament. Speaking at a fact-finding visit to Giyani recently the minister said the project would be reprioritised in terms of the...
The City of Cape Town says its dam levels have increased slightly but so has water consumption. While there has been a slight increase in dam levels of 0.5% to an overall level of 21.4% as a result of some rainfall and lower evaporation rates the...
