Parliament’s portfolio committee on forestry, fisheries and environment is widening its oversight into Sasol after receiving protected disclosures from environmental…
AfriForum cannot, on one hand, criticise state-owned entities for their perpetual reliance on bailouts and on the other hand, also criticise them when they engage in secondary…
From stormwater and sewage to degraded wetlands, the Klip River’s decline highlights the urgent need for infrastructure repairs and ecological restoration, scientists warn
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…
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
