Jail municipal officials responsible for pollution, say water experts
Taxpayer money will be used to pay the R160 million fine slapped on a Mpumalanga municipality
Water Pollution
From water to police: Senzo Mchunu’s legacy and Pemmy Majodina’s new job
Mchunu has left big shoes that need to be filled, according to experts
Struggle for clean water continues as 14-year crisis in Mpumalanga township worsens
In 2012 the municipality was ordered to fix Carolina’s water problems, but has still not done so
Taxpayers to cough up Govan Mbeki Municipality’s R200 million fine
Environmental experts warn that simply fining municipalities for damaging the environment and polluting water is not sufficient to change behaviour
Residents fume over sewage-filled Bryanfern Spruit
The residents association is considering legal action against the City of Johannesburg
Seal off polluted dams to protect public health, says water expert
About 80% of the country’s dams are so enriched with nutrients they could produce toxic algal blooms
SA water woes must not be ‘exaggerated’, says Mchunu
The minister is adamant the country is not experiencing a crisis, despite about half the water in our systems being unsafe for drinking
South Africa must increase efforts to tackle environmental racism – United Nations expert
Challenges in overcoming legacy of air and water pollution are ‘enormous’
Durban paddlers, lawyers take on eThekwini metro over sewage crisis
The Northern wastewater treatment works disgorges sewage into the Umgeni River, which flows into the sea at Durban, polluting the city’s popular beaches
Witwatersrand goldfield acid mine drainage ‘with us for millennia’
Quick fixes are inadequate to prevent damage from gold mining’s legacy, but the long-term plan of treating AMD could relieve water shortages
Risk of water crisis looms – UN
Citizen activists have warned that the water situation in South Africa is ‘dire and precarious’
Contaminated or none at all: South Africa’s water affairs are cause for concern
With La Niña bringing much-needed rain, it is inexcusable that South Africans do not have access to their most basic human need: water
Africa’s polluters dodge the bullet
From pharmaceutical waste and radioactive pollutants in Lake Victoria in East Africa, to acid mine drainage in South Africa, water pollution is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa
US fashion contaminates Africa’s water
Untreated effluent from textile factories in in Lesotho, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritius and Madagascar pours into rivers, contaminating the water
South Africa’s closed mines must not shaft people
The government’s vision for mined land: farms, tourism and self-generation of electricity
West Rand: ‘These mine dumps are destroying us’
Mining areas on the West Rand are ecologically dead because of poor rehabilitation
Editorial: No urgency to fix Vaal sewage crisis
As far back as 2007, a local nonprofit met with government officials to deal with the pollution crisis in Emfuleni. Residents are still waiting
South Africa will miss UN’s clean water targets
Mismanagement, pollution and a water deficit exacerbated by climate change are to blame
Sewage still flows into ‘Poo Lake’
Despite Ekurhuleni spending R2.8-million on a sewer line to prevent further damage to a pump station, raw waste has contaminated a wetland
Improving water quality
Engineering Research Capacity Development Award
Sewage and contaminants in Cape Town sea
Wastewater contains many dangerous contaminants, which are now being measure
Big increase in mine water pollution
New data reveals a radical increase in the number of mines flouting water regulations
Southern African nations need to up their groundwater management game
Many African countries tend to mismanage their groundwater resources
Successful HIV treatment create health problems by contaminating water with ARVs
Traces of the drugs are found in urine and faeces, but water treatment plants are not designed to remove them
Community Conservation and Resilience
Winner: Aller River Pilot Project
Ministry should take over deteriorating wastewater treatment plants
The decline in the maintenance of wastewater treatment plants in most towns is alarming and cannot be allowed to deteriorate further
Why we don’t have cool, clear water
The reasons include faulty sewerage plants, rogue mines and weak monitoring agencies.
Toxic ocean pollution adds to fish woes
The amount of food available in the oceans will decrease by up to 55% this century, starving animals already struggling to adapt to warming oceans.
Water be damned, the mines are what count
Past experience has shown that the government will continue to permit industry such as mining that destroys water supplies.
EIA: Marine waste has killed more than a million animals
A hundred thousand marine mammals and a million seabirds have died as a result of marine waste, according to the Environmental Investigation Agency.
Dirty listed companies hide the truth
Research into some of the JSE’s biggest companies finds them in regular breach of environmental legislation and failing to disclose this to investors.
Departments admit to acid water slip-up
There are no environmental checks on Gauteng’s emergency response to the mine drainage crisis, as polluted water seeps into rivers and land.