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Looming water crisis 27 Aug 2013 | 04:12 pm
The pollution in South African river systems is an indicator of a looming water crisis if it is not managed correctly, an environmental researcher has asserted. “A large proportion of our dams are wha...
Increases in electricity and water tariffs 22 Aug 2013 | 03:51 pm
South African 12-month consumer price inflation jumped to 6.3 percent in July from 5.5 percent in June due to higher fuel prices, official figures showed on Wednesday. Increases in electricity and wat...
South Africa’s failing infrastructure 19 Aug 2013 | 12:14 pm
Rhodes University complained last week that it was “on the brink of having to close” after a water pump broke, leaving 11 residences and about 1,000 people without water for 10 days. It is the latest ...
Polar opposites of river health 15 Aug 2013 | 01:16 pm
Over the course of a 28-day trek down South Africa’s Umgeni River, which flows from the pristine wetlands of the Umgeni Vlei Nature Reserve to the Durban coastline, Penny Rees, a coordinator for the D...
Sustainable Water Supply for Nelson Mandela Bay Metro 8 Aug 2013 | 12:05 pm
The Department of Water Affairs together with the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM) is intensifying efforts to improve water security in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro area amid concerns over the signific...
Waste Management and Water Conservation issues 7 Aug 2013 | 08:04 pm
The Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Ms Rejoice Mabudafhasi today, 6 August 2013, led a round table discussion with mayors and municipal managers on waste management and water conse...
Acid mine water to be pumped 1 Aug 2013 | 11:29 am
South Africa will begin pumping acid water from disused mines that’s threatening to flood Johannesburg, according to the Department of Water Affairs. Equipment being installed in Germiston, east of Jo...
$71 billion needed to meet the SA’s growing demand for water 31 Jul 2013 | 11:58 am
South Africa will look to the bond markets, banks and increasing customer revenue to finance the 700 billion rand ($71 billion) needed to meet the country’s growing demand for water, the Department of...
Contamination of the sea 24 Jul 2013 | 10:35 am
The operator of Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant said on Monday that contaminated ground water had possibly been flowing into the sea, acknowledging such a leakage for the first time. To...
SA must start fracking NOW! 23 Jul 2013 | 12:39 pm
The US Energy Information Administration says South Africa has the eighth-largest technically recoverable shale-gas resources in the world. It estimates these resources, located in the Karoo, to be 11...
