Six South African entrepreneurs have been rewarded with grant funding of R300 000 each for their efforts to initiate businesses to create large-scale impact in South Africa’s water, sanitation and hygiene sector (WASH). As part of the Reckitt Fight...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) met with key stakeholders this Women’s Month to discuss the importance of women being developers, producers and implementers of products within the sanitation and hygiene industry. Speaking at the event...
Kenya has launched a policy aimed at eradicating unsanitary hygiene practices as it moves towards increasing access to improved sanitation. The Kenyan government spends Ksh27 billion (±R4.2 billion) annually on hygiene-related diseases like...
This week marks 2016 Sanitation Week and the theme for this year remains It’s not all about flushing. The Department of Water and Sanitation together with Makana Local Municipality will be celebrating Sanitation Week in Grahamstown for all of next...
The seemingly innocuous but ever important issue of personal hygiene is under the spotlight in Ghana following the recent deaths of more than 100 people through an outbreak of cholera. This tragedy follows several interventions that were...
Britain has pledged £150 million (R2.7 billion) to Tanzania in support of the country’s rural water supply, sanitation and hygiene programmes. The funding will support Tanzania’s programmes for five years from 2014 to 2019, and forms part of...
The Government of Rwanda, spearheading an African Union-led initiative, and the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group have signed an agreement aimed at providing at least €50 million (approx. R732 million) within an Africa-wide resource...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has launched a new water action project — an intensive education programme that addresses water, environmental issues and careers. This new water action project, implemented by WESSA Eco-Schools, will...
The African Development Bank Group (AdDB) has approved a grant for an assessment study of a water supply and sanitation program for 11 small and medium-sized towns in South Sudan. The USD 5.4 million grant, extended from the Fragile States...
