Department of water and sanitation urges those living within the floodline to move to safe areas
This was achieved through a partnership involving the Vaal community, Rand Water, Rhodes University’s Centre for Biological Control, the water and sanitation department and the department of forestry, fisheries and the environment
The tiny planthoppers are biological control agents and natural enemies of the world’s worst aquatic weed
The team ‘has to be in it for the long haul’ and the sewage in the water, which feeds the alien aquatic plants, must be dealt with
Water specialists have said the use of glyphosate is in contravention of the National Water Act and is a risk for humans and toxic for aquatic life
If allowed to pass the Vaal River Barrage, the plant has access to a journey of about 1 000km of the middle and lower Vaal river, the Bloemhof Dam and then into the Orange river
Senzo Mchunu must provide an affidavit in 45 court days stating what has been done to deal with the problem
Experts say cholera is unlikely to end up in tap water. But for how long will it be germ-free, with half of SA’s water treatment plants struggling due to load-shedding?
Water expert says this does not come as a shock as there are several places where raw sewage flows into the the river
The problems date back to about 2008, when large quantities of raw sewage began flowing into the Apies River from the Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment Works in Tshwane
State’s charge sheet fires six counts of environmental infractions at energy giant
The criminal case relates to a complaint brought by a former Sasol employee-turned-whistleblower, Ian Erasmus
Lekwa local municipality, which is home to Eskom’s ‘sabotaged’ Tutuka power station, faces rolling blackouts and crumbling infrastructure after governance fell to pieces
The Vaal River intervention project has shown some progress but most of the treatment plants are still not working
The department of forestry, fisheries and the environment has finalised its criminal investigation into the petrochemical company’s alleged industrial pollution of the Vaal River.
Warrenton’s residents live in sewage mess and battle with chronic water delivery problems
About 360 tonnes of salts are dissolved in the Vaal River system every day
‘We don’t just wear masks because of Covid-19 — it’s because of all this shit’
As far back as 2007, a local nonprofit met with government officials to deal with the pollution crisis in Emfuleni. Residents are still waiting
The council doesn’t pay its bills, residents are subjected to electricity and water outages and the Vaal River is treated like a sewer but councillors get their salaries every month
A criminal investigation into the petrol giant is under way based on Ian Erasmus’s evidence that the company allegedly polluted the Vaal with hazardous chemicals
The Human Rights Commission’s report on the river’s sewage crisis reveals the lawlessness of the state
Three children are dead. More than a dozen homes have been gutted by fires in the past six months. And, as the Mail & Guardian reported last week, all this could have been averted had the Lekwa municipality in Mpumalanga followed due process in obtaining new fire trucks. Lekwa is one of the worst-performing municipalities […]
Local government has long been the site of gross mismanagement and corruption. Both of these deny people their hopes and dreams and can lead to them also losing their lives.
Lekwa Municipality has been without a fire engine for six months — even though half a million rand has been paid for the rental of two
The Vaal River is the lifeblood for almost 50% of the South African population yet at its banks around the Lekwa municipality, sewage flows into it
The Northern Works sewage plant could generate 4.2MW of power but is operating at 20% capacity
Supplied water is too cheap. A litre bottle of water in a supermarket is R10, whereas 1 000 litres to your house costs just R50
Outdated data, debt and mismanagement — Gauteng’s water plans predict a crisis. But it will be averted if people cut their water use by 30%
Minister takes over a crucial department, despite leading the water department into crisis
Creation of a dump to process radioactive gold-mining waste near the Vaal River may set a pattern for the rehabilitation of hundreds of toxic dumps.
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/ 11 January 2011
The flooding of the Vaal River has caused considerable crop damages along its banks in three provinces.