The Department of Water and Sanitation has met with the Khayelitsha Water and Sanitation Forum to discuss water and sanitation issues affecting the community of Khayelitsha. This follows the announcement by Social Justice Coalition (SJC) last month...
The race to end malnutrition requires clean water, good sanitation and good hygiene, says WaterAid, calling for action as world leaders meet in Rio to open the 2016 Olympic Games. WaterAid’s new report, ‘Caught Short’, looks at stunting from...
Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane has officially launched the Vaal Gamagara Water Scheme in the Northern Cape. The scheme, valued at R18 billion, will involve the construction of a 430 km pipeline and the drilling of boreholes to...
South African minister of water and sanitation announced earlier in the month that her department was ready to implement a long term strategy to deal with acid mine drainage. The acid has been a source of pollution known to gold miners and...
“It is now business unusual,” Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane told Parliament at the National Council of Provinces budget vote debate. Mokonyane said South Africa needs game changers when it comes to water ownership patterns and...
With the ongoing drought placing increasing stress on South Africa’s water resources, South Africa has agreed to partner with Iran to develop desalination plants to boost water supplies. This announcement comes after South Africa last year recorded...
The Buffalo City Metro Municipality has urged residents to stockpile water as they face water restrictions which will last from Christmas till Valentine’s Day. The municipality released a statement last Wednesday explaining that residents should...
KwaZulu-Natal’s (KZN) North Coast long-term water shortages may momentarily be over when the Lower Tugela Bulk Water Supply Scheme (LTBWSS) starts reticulating water to KwaDukuza and Ballito by mid 2016. Funded by the Department of Water and...
The Minister of Water and Sanitation, Nomvula Mokonyane plans on having 500 flushing toilets installed in Ficksburg, Free State before the end of this year. Speaking during a visit to Meqheleng in Ficksburg, Free State, the minister said that the...
