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De Hoop Dam.

Too damned late to brag about dam

The cost quadrupled because of delays and it is a ‘financial disaster’

Cow heap attracts Blue Scorpions

Water affairs investigators have been looking into the dumping of carcasses near a life-sustaining river.

Water department in tricky legal waters

Water affairs is suing Stellenbosch municipality for pollution with only a draft protocol to guide it.

Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa.

Saving Cyril: Molewa accused of meddling

Water Affairs Minister Edna Molewa allegedly intervened to prevent action and possible prosecution of mining companies linked to Cyril Ramaphosa.

Edna Molewa said it would be ‘unfair’ to single out Cyril Ramaphosa’s Shanduka group.

Legality of operations a grey area if old-order rights exist

Forty-six mines are operating without water licences in SA in violation of the National Water Act, water affairs department documents reveal.

The poor are the most susceptible to water crises.

Sound water policy: Govt can’t do it alone

South Africa’s ecosystems are in a poor state and the challenges of a developing society are huge, writes Edna Molewa.

Water affairs and the municipality say the water is clean but the locals don’t believe them.

Carolina residents take their water woes to court

Residents of a Carolina in Mpumalanga are taking the government to court after six months of waiting for their municipal water supply to be cleaned.

Vaal River pollution a ‘crisis’, says scientist

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…

Over 500 suffering from diarrhoea in Delmas

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.…

Durban harbour water recovering from chemical spill

Water quality in Durban’s harbour has started to improve following the release of chemicals from a blazing chemical storage depot, a senior Water Affairs and Forestry Department…