The cause of the foul smell emanating from the Hartbeespoort Dam for several weeks was identified as a sewage spill coming from the Jukskei River in Gauteng. The source of the massive spill was found to have come from the Leeuwkop Prison and the...
Eskom is considering taking the findings of the public protector’s State of Capture report under review, the power utility said at a media briefing at its Megawatt Park in Johannesburg on Friday. Non-executive director Pat Naidoo said the company...
Eskom held a media briefing on Friday in which it addressed its implication in former public protector, Thuli Madonsela’s State of Capture report. The report, released late on Wednesday afternoon, exposes the controversial relationship...
Government has warned that the Vaal River System could reach critical levels within two weeks if Gauteng residents do not urgently and significantly reduce water usage. According to a statement by Gauteng Cooperative Governance and Traditional...
Unit 3 of the Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme, located near Van Reenen in KwaZulu-Natal, was synchronised to the national grid on Saturday. Eskom said that this was the final energy unit that needed to be synchronised. The power utility explained the...
Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille has heavily criticised government and its establishment of the Tirisano Trust which will not compensate municipalities for loss of funds. The Tirisano Trust forms part of the recently signed Voluntary Rebuild...
Phase two of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LWHP) has been delayed due to several reasons which Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane highlighted when she addressed the department’s portfolio committee in parliament. Mokonyane said...
The eThekwini Municipality acquired a R700million loan as well as a R93 million grant last week that will be used for the city’s Northern and Western Aqueduct Projects. “The programme will strengthen the capacity of bulk water supply and meet the...
The words “nuclear energy” have been on the lips of many government officials and energy stakeholders for some time now. The prospects of South Africa developing new nuclear power stations remain positive considering the amount of effort the...
