Following good seasonal rainfalls, the Department of Water and Sanitation has decided to relax water restrictions from for urban and agricultural use in the Western Cape. According to Rashid Khan the Department’s Regional Head of the Western Cape,...
The Western Cape is set become the green technology hub of South Africa with launch the Atlantis Special Economic Zone (SEZ) this week. Â Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies says the 124.5-hectare area has been designated for the manufacturing...
Dam levels in the Western Cape have risen to above 60% for the first time since 2016. However reports have emerged that another drought may be heading for the region. Following good rains, the City of Cape Town reported last week that dam levels...
The Western Cape government says dam levels in the drought plagued province have risen above 50%. Local government, environmental affairs and development planning MEC for the Western Cape Anton Bredell says the rainfall this winter season has...
The French government and the Western Cape Province are set to partner on a R8.6million project aimed at assisting the water stressed region. Ministre d’État, Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, M. Nicolas Hulot, and the...
Recent rainfall in the Western Cape has brought some relief to the province as major dams have steadily improved. According to the Department of Water and Sanitation, the increased inflow into the rivers was sufficient to lead to significant...
The results of a recent study on orographic cloud seeding could shed light on rainfall and water resource availability in the Western Cape for the upcoming winter season. The study was conducted by Middleburg based Water Analytical Services (WAS)...
Visitors to the Western Cape will now be able to use modern technology to calculate their daily water usage via a specially designed App. In what’s been called a world first, a water-offset tool has been launched for tourists in the Mother...
Farmers in the Overberg region have started releasing between seven and ten million cubic meters of water into the Western Cape supply network. The water is a private donation from the Groenland Water Users Association and is being released from...
