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Shell anxious to start fracking 8 Feb 2013 | 10:23 am
CAPE TOWN – The executives of Royal Dutch Shell trod a fine line on Wednesday between constructive comment and outright criticism of the draft Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bil...
New nontoxic fracking fluid developed 4 Feb 2013 | 10:59 am
Pittsburgh – The oil and gas industry is trying to ease environmental concerns by developing nontoxic fluids for the drilling process known as fracking, but it’s not clear whether the new product will...
Manganese found in Pretoria tap water 30 Jan 2013 | 10:25 am
Johannesburg – High levels of manganese have been detected in water in areas in Pretoria, the City of Tshwane said on Tuesday. Spokesperson Nomasonto Ndlovu said areas including Montana, Sinnoville, W...
Carolina water still supect 24 Jan 2013 | 10:36 am
The small Mpumalanga town hit the headlines a year ago when heavy rains washed pollution into its dam – its main source of water. The acid mine water in the dam overwhelmed the treatment works and the...
Medupi mining destroying water source 15 Jan 2013 | 10:45 am
Farmers have complained that sand being used to build Eskom’s mega-power station Medupi is still being mined illegally, which is destroying the main local water source. Two years ago farmers in Lepha...
Anglo Gold charged for contaminating water 9 Jan 2013 | 03:02 pm
Johannesburg – Gold producer AngloGold Ashanti has been charged with contaminating water in Stilfontein by the Federation for Sustainable Environment, a report said on Wednesday. Head of the federatio...
Lesotho’s new leaders unhappy with water deal 10 Dec 2012 | 11:12 am
Controversy continues to stalk the bilateral Lesotho Highlands water scheme because Lesotho’s new coalition government wants to scrap “prejudicial” sections of the country’s agreement with South Afric...
Public deals a blow to eThekwini’s recycled water 1 Nov 2012 | 03:56 pm
Plans by the eThekwini municipality to use recycled water to provide 10% of its water needs have been dealt a heavy blow by citizens. A petition with 5 000 signatures was handed over to the municipali...
1.3m households without access to piped water 30 Oct 2012 | 04:02 pm
748 597 households have no toilet system at all. There are close to 1.3 million households in South Africa without access to piped water, the majority of them black households, according to the 2011 C...
Zimbabwe water restrictions increase 18 Oct 2012 | 11:43 am
Bulawayo’s water woes are set to mount, with its city council indicating that it will be extending water restrictions from three days a week to four. The move comes just two months after the council i...
