The Department of Water and Sanitation says it is in consultation with a number of stakeholders and water entities around the country to ensure that their systems do not fail amid ongoing load shedding. Deputy Director-General for Special Projects,...
In an effort to rally all stakeholders in South Africa to work together to address the challenges confronting the water sector the Department of Water and Sanitation is set to launch a series of mini-Operation Phakisa’s. Speaking at a meeting with...
South Africa could face a 17% water deficit by 2030 unless the country improves its water management. Trevor Balzer, Deputy Director General at the Department of Water and Sanitation talks about some of the interventions underway. Source: eNCA...
The Department of Water and Sanitation is calling on the financial services sector to support efforts to close the water services infrastructure gap. Leading water, infrastructure and financial sector stakeholders met in Johannesburg last week at...
The water sector is experiencing a critical scarce skills shortage, owing to an insufficient skills base and fierce competition in the labour market for skilled personnel, said the Department of Water Affairs (DWA) acting director- general Trevor...
Deputy Director General at the Department of Water and Environmental Affairs Trevor Balzer has blamed a lack of engineers, technicians and artisans in municipalities for their inability to deal with the breakdown of infrastructure. “One of the...
There have been calls for the constitution to be amended to allow national government to take more control of managing South Africa’s water supply and distribution. The country has recently been plagued by a series of water shortages and protests...
Of South Africa’s usable water yield, 98 % has already been allocated, with water demand likely to grow by 1 to 2 % in the next decade, which means that there is no great margin for error when planning for the future, according to Acting Water...
