The Department of Water and Sanitation is keeping a close eye on the dam levels in the Northern Cape as the province battles a debilitating drought. The Northern Cape government has warned that if rain does not falls soon it will be forced to...
With over 50 000 litres of untreated sewage estimated to flow into South Africa’s rivers every second, underperforming sewage infrastructure poses a significant threat to our natural water sources. South Africa is currently faced with the...
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) is calling on government to make the appropriate funds available for the rehabilitation of the Vaal River in Emfuleni. According to the organisation, government still has not given the South African...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to look into the affairs of Umgeni Water. The KwaZulu-Natal water utility is the second largest water board in the country, with an annual turnover of more than R2.4...
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) is continuing to call for an independent water regulator to not only regulate the country’s water sector but spearhead much needed interventions. According to Outa the Department of Water and Sanitation has...
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has welcomed the news of an investigation into irregular expenditure at the Department of Water and Sanitation and says it will continue to share whatever information it can to ensure that the department’s...
The issue of municipal debt to water boards must be addressed more aggressively by all stakeholders. This was the sentiment of the Department of Water and Sanitation call at a joint sitting of the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation...
Dam levels in the North West are the lowest in the country. Water and Sanitation says the province’s dams were about 76% full in October 2017. The average is now just 57-point-5 percent. Fish in the Kromellenboog Dam near Groot Marico are...
Water specialists from around the world are expected to gather in Rio de Janeiro this month to discuss the future of water on the planet at Rio Water Week 2018. This key event on the water calendar will see around 1 500 specialist from country’s...
