South Africa has welcomed 34 Cuban water experts, who are in the country to share their skills to improve the quality of water. The arrival of the experts follows a bilateral agreement between South Africa and Cuba in 2014 on cooperation in the...
The African Development Bank’s Interventions in Water Supply and Sanitation – key messages from an independent evaluation. Source: AFDBGroup Source URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaNJYqleha8
Botswana’s president has called on the public to manage water resources carefully as the country continues to face significant water challenges. President Lt Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama said recurring drought was challenging the government’s...
By Liesl Frankson Water supply within the Polokwane municipality is currently under strain and cannot cope with the demand. The municipality is currently receiving 18 Mega litres per day of normal flow and 67 Mega litres per day of peak flow....
The Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company (LWSC) began operating in 1988 and it has since experienced challenges with managing water supply and sanitation services to the city. The population of the city has increased significantly resulting in stress...
Drinking water is an effective source for the spread of gastrointestinal microbial pathogens that can cause severe human diseases. The large number of deaths and disease burden in the world caused by unsafe drinking water is a compelling reason to...
The Department of Water and Sanitation must surely be tapping its fingers while it waits and hopes that Treasury’s fiscal liability committee will have decided on its request for government guarantees to unlock a R11,3 billion second-phase water...
Following the Department of Water and Sanitation conducting a series of tests on the water network in Mahikeng to ascertain whether it has been poisoned or not it has been established that the water is indeed safe to drink. In an astounding turn of...
A Senegalese company is examining desalination as a solution to keep water supply flowing in the capital city of Dakar. The city’s structural water problems came to a head during September last year when 40% of the city went without water for two...
