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...
All Water Service Authorities are being instructed to set aside at least 7% of their total budgets towards the maintenance and management of infrastructure. Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane made this announcement at the recent...
Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has identified six key areas that require, what she terms, radical game changers. Addressing the Water and Sanitation Summit, Mokonyane announced that the summit would be a platform to deal with key...
The Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane is hosting a two-day water and sanitation summit on 1 and 2 August. The purpose of the summit is to bring together all stakeholders in the water and sanitation sectors to share information and...
Four Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries will now be able to collectively manage their water resources more efficiently with the launch of the Limpopo Watercourse Commission. Launched in Maputo, the Limpopo Watercourse...
By Mava Scott, head of communications for the Department of Water Affairs Water plays a strategically important role in terms of its contribution to the South African economy. The reliable supply of water in sufficient quantities and to the...
AfriForum has accused the Ngaka Modiri Molema Municipality of not recognising the severity of the potentially water-related deaths of babies in the area. In March a member of the public allegedly reported that eight children under the age of two...
A the recent meeting of the Board of Directors of the Concrete Society of Southern Africa, honorary life membership of the society was bestowed on Peter Flower, director of water and sanitation for the City of Cape Town Flower, a registered...
The South African Water Research Commission (WRC) launched new guidelines for urban river renewal at the annual Peninsula Paddle community event on Sunday 8 June 2014 in Cape Town. Aurecon was appointed to determine procedures for enforced...
