For over a decade, the City of Cape Town’s Water Pollution Control Unit has been using smoke tests to combat pollution and sewage overflows as well as high volumes of excess water that can stretch the capacity of wastewater conveyance systems. ...
Key water sector stakeholders led by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) gathered to make inputs into the National Water Resource Strategy 3 (NWRS-3). The primary key focus of the NWRS-3 is to ensure equitable and sustainable access to and...
Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has called on the private sector to invest in the country’s water industry to help address some of the challenges currently being experienced in this space. Speaking at the Water Infrastructure...
The South African Government and Cuba have extended the SA-Cuba cooperation agreement in the field of water resource management and water supply to 2023. Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation (DWS), Pamela Tshwete signed the agreement with Cuba’s...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has completed its national raw water consultations where it presented proposed raw water tariffs for the 2018/19 financial year and listened to input from key stakeholders in the water and sanitation...
There is a shortage of skills in the water and sanitation sector and the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), through its Learning Academy External Bursary Scheme, is providing bursaries to aid in closing this gap. The Department is calling on...
When it comes to water, it is widely accepted that business as usual is no longer an option. One African retailer is leading by example and actively working to save water by drastically reducing the amount of water it consumes – in its own...
The role of women in water resource management is changing, as is the focus of their interaction within the water industry, according to Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Rejoice Mabudafhasi. “We brought rural women on board to...
A call for urgent action in the water sector – specifically relating to dedicated water resource management and the progress relating to the Catchment Management Agencies – was made by the commissioner in the National Planning Commission, Mike...
