Load-shedding has hastened the collapse of poorly maintained and managed municipal systems
Water minister Senzo Mchunu temporarily increases Rand Water’s bulk water allocation, while the City of Johannesburg looks to raise funds for water infrastructure upgrades
Utility says water restrictions are not going far enough
The supply of water in numerous municipalities around the country are has been affected by the rolling blackouts
The fact that we are lamenting water cuts speaks volumes of our privilege, particularly when there are parts of the country where people have to walk kilometres to get a few buckets of the precious liquid and don’t have adequate sanitation
The Vaal River intervention project has shown some progress but most of the treatment plants are still not working
Farmers have been warned to move equipment and to avoid crossing flooded low lying bridges.
The department of water and sanitation and Rand Water have addressed questions about the inauspicious timing of this week’s shutdown
Commission’s long-awaited report into Vaal sewage crisis finds widespread non-compliance by the government
The last reports were in 2014 but were stopped probably because the results were too shocking to be publicised, water experts say
The water and sanitation department has taken over the clean-up project while sewage continues to pollute the Vaal River and Emfuleni municipality
The academic year will extend into 2021 in a ‘deliberately cautious approach’ as president confirms South Africa has world’s fifth-highest Covid-19 infection tally
The state rapidly put in place a solution for the emergency provision of water, but it has been hampered by the shortage, and cost, of water tankers
After a week’s delay, the basic education minister said the majority of schools are ready to open, but added that ‘the golden rule is, there will be no school that will resume, if not ready to do so’
Johannesburg Water’s main bulk supplier will be shut down for 54 hours from June 24, affecting large parts of Gauteng
At midnight on Thursday two municipalities failed to pay their water bills. They aren’t unique. Debt is wrecking water and sanitation services
Minister takes over a crucial department, despite leading the water department into crisis
A kilometre of new piping costs R1-million. Johannesburg Water has 2 200km of ageing pipeline
Budgetary constraints have resulted in a plan that won’t cope with Sedibeng’s sewage flow
October 2015 was the hottest October on record. It also holds the record for seeing the biggest increase in temperature for a single month.
Rand Water, South Africa’s biggest water utility, has implemented water restrictions as the country’s drought continues to intensify.
Maybe it’s no surprise Gauteng has faced water shortages; there’s no top-level remuneration for preventing outages, yet there have been mystery hikes.
Water channels blighted by acid mine drainage and age place Gauteng’s biodiversity at risk
Rand Water Academy is to develop a pool of skilled and capable workers that contribute to the benefits and opportunities of economic expansion.
In the water sector there has been a skills shortage and a lack of the technical capacity, hindering municipalities to deliver on infrastructure.
South Africa is not blessed with a lot of water and is currently ranked the 30th driest in the world.
Approximately 70% of the gross domestic product of South Africa is supported by water from the Limpopo, Inkomati, Pongola and Orange Rivers.
An idea to harness hydropower from municipal water pipes has led to a legal standoff between Rand Water and a small power company.
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/ 21 November 2007
Failure by authorities to properly treat drinking water supplied to residents of Delmas may have triggered the recent mass outbreak of diarrhoea in the Mpumalanga town. Tests by the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry have shown ”insufficient levels” of chlorine were added to the water supply between September 11 and October 14, MPs heard on Wednesday.
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/ 20 November 2007
Pollution at the Vaal River has reached crisis proportions, an environmental scientist said on Tuesday. Claudia Holgate described the sewerage spillage running into the Vaal River as ”a crisis” at a meeting of Save the Vaal Environment held at the Vaal River Barrage Reservoir.
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/ 15 November 2007
The initial cause of the diarrhoea outbreak in Delmas was water contamination, said Mpumalanga Premier Thabang Makwetla on Thursday. ”When we noticed the outbreak in October, we discovered that the water was contaminated,” he said. However, Makwetla said that more cases were reported after the water was purified.
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/ 9 November 2007
A total of 532 cases of diarrhoea have been recorded in Delmas, Mpumalanga, and there was still no clarity on the cause, the Water Affairs and Forestry Department said on Friday. On Thursday, 63 cases were reported, said spokesperson Linda Page.