The Department of Water Affairs together, with the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM) is intensifying efforts to improve water security in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro area amid concerns over the significant increase in water use since the drought of...
The Department of Water Affairs is making good progress in efforts to eradicate unlawful irrigation in the Vaal River System by 2014, according to a statement released by the Department’s spokesperson Linda Page on 24 July 2013. “The focused effort...
The vision underpinning the National Water Resource Strategy 2(NWRS-2) is a democratic, people-centred nation with equitable social and economic development enabled through equitable, sustainable and effective water management. Also included in the...
The Progress Assessment Tool for the2014 Green Drop process is going to start in September 2013, with municipalities expected to respond by December 2013, according to Solomon Makate, Department of Water Affairs: National. Makate was heading a...
The National Water Resource Strategy 2 (NWRS2) is not only a Department of Water Affairs strategy, but rather belongs to and therefore should be implemented by the whole water sector. This was Marie Brisley of the Department of Water Affairs’ main...
The release of the Green Drop Report has been delayed as it still requires further technical work and is intended for further parliamentary processes, as well as possibly to help in securing further funding, according to Thandeka Mbassa, Deputy...
The role of women in water resource management is changing, as is the focus of their interaction within the water industry, according to Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Rejoice Mabudafhasi. “We brought rural women on board to...
In unpacking the necessity of building infrastructure to consolidate the gains of the last two decades and lay the foundation for an equity-based future, Minister of Water Affairs, Edna Molewa has indicated that the capital investment in new water...
Pictured: Minister of Water Affairs, Edna Molewa The Strategic Water Partners Network – South Africa (SWPN-SA) is developing a “No Drop” Programme, building on the successful Department of Water Affairs Green Drop and Blue Drop programmes, to...
