A celebration was held at the Wings of Life Community Centre in Diepsloot on 19 March in honour of World Water Day and South African Water Week. Xylem Water Solutions has partnered with Afrika Tikkun and Africa Tikkun Services – their sustainable...
Put sustainability at the core Many companies use sustainability as a means for responding to pressure from the market or NGOs. It should rather be a core part of a company’s business model. Many early efforts focused on the transparency of the...
Construction and engineering firm Murray & Roberts invested more than R300 million in FY2013 in skills, enterprise and community development projects. This equates to nearly 1% of the Group’s turnover and almost a third of its profit after tax....
This video investigates the cost of putting in place inclusive water, sanitation and hygiene services in Uganda. A team of WaterAid and partner staff carried out an accessibility audit on water and sanitation facilities constructed by the community...
Community benefit has been a key spin-off in rural infrastructure projects in the Free State, where township roads, some of which are falling to pieces, are undergoing upgrading and repair. In just one road improvement project alone, in the sleepy...
The challenge of water shortages in Vhembe will be history soon as the Nandoni project is nearing completion. This was said by the executive mayor of Vhembe, Cllr Tshitereke Matibe, in response to a question during a recent visit to the area....
The Zimbabwe National Water Authority or ZINWA has begun a national exercise to register boreholes throughout the country as the water crisis continues to affect many in the cities. Under new rules, the water ministry now requires all borehole...
In all the villages where the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP) is currently being implemented, a sense of vibrancy is evident. According to the Rural Development and Land Reform Mid-Term Review, great strides have since been made...
