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Sedibeng sewer scheme to create 6000 jobs

The Sedibeng Regional Sewer Scheme (SRSS) is set solve the sanitation challenges of residents living in the Sedibeng District Municipality as well as create jobs. Speaking at a public engagement at Soul Tsotetsi Hall in Sebokeng, Water and...
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Electricity war room focused on keeping the lights on

The “electricity war room” is focusing all its energy towards implementing government’s five-point plan, Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti said earlier this week. The Minister said this during a briefing by the Economic...

Africa’s Water and Sanitation

VOA’s health correspondent Linord Moudou talks to Jess Arnett, Executive Director, Clear Water Initiative, about water and sanitation in Africa. Source: TV2Africa Source URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ompj8HHyt30

Zuma launches Limpopo water purification plant

The president and Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane were in Giyani in Limpopo to launch a water purification plant. President Zuma says the water challenges exprienced by residents of Mopani are now a thing of the past. Most villages...
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Minister mitigates reputational damage

The Minister of Water and Sanitation, Nomvula Mokonyane, bombarded print media late last week with an editorial piece titled “Water is life, sanitation is dignity” in a blitzkrieg public relations move to win back the hearts and minds of the public...
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Where there’s smoke there’s water

The City of Cape Town has announced that its Water and Sanitation Department’s first trial of new smoke testing technology has been a success. Testing was conducted in several parts of the city under different conditions to determine the system’s...
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Developing Africa’s hydropower potential

With Africa registering the lowest electricity generation in the world and hydropower severely underexplored, calls are mounting for leaders of government and industry alike to step up efforts. This emerged on the third day of the 2014 World Water...
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Bucket system eradication target overambitious

Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane has admitted that the target of eradicating the buck system by December 2014 will not be met. “[O]n behalf of the President, I must apologise to the people of South Africa in that we were...