Things are looking very promising for South Africa’s very first water fund. The City of Cape Town and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) recently formally agreed to establish the fund for the drought-stricken city in an attempt to safeguard water...
R1.4 billion has been allocated by National Treasury to the City of Cape Town this financial year for prioritised MyCiTi routes and a rail corridor. The new transport routes are expected to cater for five times the number of passengers that...
Water consumption levels have successfully decreased in City of Cape Town. As of last week, the city managed to use only 685 million litres per day, after setting a 700 million litre per day target. Xanthea Limberg, mayoral committee member for...
As many Capetonians seek alternative sources of water across the city, some problems have arisen at the Newlands spring located on the premises of the South African Breweries (SAB). SAB said it was considering investing in additional infrastructure...
Cape Town’s severely depleting water situation is on the radar yet again, and more recently, the quality of the city’s drinking water has been a cause for concern. Reports of smelly water surfaced two weeks ago and it has since been discovered that...
Drought-stricken Cape Town has plans to impose a 19.25% tariff hike on water and sanitation after July. This was according to the city’s draft budget for the 2017/18 financial year which was announced last Wednesday. There is also a possibility...
Cape Town’s MyCiTi Control Centre which is being reinstated to track and monitor MyCiTi busses will be fully operational within the next two to three months. According to Transport for Cape Town (TCT), the centre will be up and running once the...
Cape Town officially has less than 100 days before it runs out of water. The province’s average dam levels have dropped below 30% and it remains one of the worst drought hit provinces. The City of Cape Town has six dams supplying its 3.7 million...
Cavendish Square, shopping centre has set itself the goal of conserving the environment in all sectors, be it waste management, energy efficiency or water saving. Waste management The shopping centre is championing a first-of-its-kind green...
