9 to 10% of existing infrastructure services are not functional and reduce the national access from 95,2% to 86%, Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa announced on the occasion of the presentation of the National Council of...
The National Planning Commission has paid particular attention to water issues and how they impact and influence our development pathways and opportunities.new growth path, Water has a role to play in four out of five of the job drivers identified...
Recent talks that the National Development Plan (NDP) is fatally flawed and impossible to implement, are worrying and cause for concern when in the State of the Nation Address, government adopted the NDP as a route map with the aim of eliminating...
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...
Africa is expected to have 1.2 billion urban residents by 2050, intensifying the need to develop Africa’s megacities and making infrastructure one of the key strategic priorities amongst senior leaders throughout Africa. Episode 9 of KPMG’s recent...
Roads in the North West province are a lot safer after 120 000 potholes and 800 km of tarred road were repaired on the public roads network in the past six months. Briefing provincial stakeholders on the Strategic Infrastructure Programme (SIP) 4...
Pictured: Aerial view of Polihali dam Lesotho and South Africa have in principle agreed upon the R12 billion second phase of the Lesotho Highlands water project. It will boost water supplies to South Africa and generate hydroelectric electricity....
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and South Africa have announced a treaty to develop a giant hydroelectric project at Inga Falls, near Congo’s capital Kinshasa, the first phase of which will have a capacity of 4800 MW. The agreement...
Pictured: The MBR plant applies the well-established activated sludge process to treat wastewater (bioreactor filled with sludge) The perception that wastewater treatment is the “less attractive” cousin to the delivery of potable water is slowly...
