The Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation, David Mahlobo has expressed his delight at the progress made by Rand Water in stopping sewer spillages in some parts of the Vaal. However, Mahlobo remarked that acceleration is needed to speed up the...
The upgrading of infrastructure to prevent the prolonged sewer spillages into the Vaal River and households in Emfuleni Local Municipality will begin shortly as the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is finalising the evaluation of the...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has undertaken to expedite a strategic intervention to significantly minimise the impact of raw sewerage seeping into the Vaal River and its tributaries in the Southern Gauteng Region. On Tuesday, 09...
The Department of Water and Sanitation wishes to strongly reaffirm its commitment to continue to work doggedly with stakeholders to speed up the longstanding sewer pollution of the Vaal River. Recently, the Department finalised the scope of all...
The Vaal river cleanup was halted after violent protests but will shortly resume. This is according to Department of Water and Sanitation spokesperson, Sputnik Ratau. Source:...
Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has appealed to the Vaal community not to vandalise infrastructure around the Vaal river system. At least 200 soldiers were deployed to repair waste water treatment plants in the area in 2018. The...
Minister Gugile Nkwinti has announced a R341 million injected into the Vaal River cleanup. During a site visit early this month, the South African Human Rights Commission’s Mohamed Ameermia stated that the contamination of the Vaal River must...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has committed R341 million to saving the Vaal River, in an effort that is expected to create 2 000 jobs and establish a new catchment management agency. The DWS recently signed an Implementation Protocol...
The Emfuleni Local Municipality has condemned the ongoing attacks on its infrastructure from cable theft syndicates. According to the municipality the attacks, which recently claimed the life of a security guard at the Rietspruit Waste Water...
