The South African government and the Water Research Commission have been offered a €1.3 million (R18.4 million) grant by the African Water Facility (AWF) to improve water delivery services. This initiative will be supported and driven by the...
The Madibeng municipality in the North West, which has been hit by protests over water delivery is dysfunctional, says Trevor Manual, minister in the presidency. “I’m saying what my observation – that the local authority is dysfunctional. It...
There have been calls for the constitution to be amended to allow national government to take more control of managing South Africa’s water supply and distribution. The country has recently been plagued by a series of water shortages and protests...
