Sunscreen for Lakes and Dams - Could a Thin Floating Layer of Nanomaterial Shield Water From Evaporation? [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Water stored in dams and reservoirs for humans to use often evaporates, especially in hot regions like southern Africa. Rising temperatures speed evaporation up, leaving less water… Read more »
Municipal Structural Failures At Heart of SA's Water Crisis
SAnews.gov.za
President Cyril Ramaphosa says deep structural problems at municipal level are at the heart of South Africa's water crisis, with government drawing on lessons from its successful… Read more »
Macpherson Impressed With the Cape Flats Aquifer Model
SAnews.gov.za
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson says the Cape Flats Aquifer Recharge Project is an innovation he wants other municipalities to replicate. Read more »
Water Security, Jobs Top President's UNGA Agenda
New Era
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah will take the country's push for jobs, industrialisation, water, food security and value addition to this year's United Nations General Assembly… Read more »
Abuja Submerged - 'We Have Not Seen Anything Like This Before'
Vanguard
... One night, rain erases line between Asokoro and FCT suburbs, Maitama bleeds Read more »
Saulsville Children Play Among Sewage and Rubbish As Public Parks Deteriorate
Health-e
Children in Saulsville, west of Pretoria continue to use public parks where residents say sewage, illegal dumping and deteriorating infrastructure have made the spaces unsafe. Read more »
Approved in the Dark - - the Hidden Environmental Toll of SA's Data Centre Boom
Daily Maverick
As South Africa's data centre boom accelerates, civil society groups are petitioning the SAHRC for strict regulation and transparency before unmonitored facilities strain local… Read more »
Ethiopia Does Not Need Permission to Develop Abay Resources, Says Water Minister
ENA
"Ethiopia does not need permission from anyone to develop its water resources as it is a sovereign country," Water and Energy Minister Habtamu Itefa said. Read more »
Voigt Turns Water Into Green Gold
Namibian
When Justus Voigt (34) returned to Namibia after studying economics in South Africa, he wanted to continue growing plants using hydroponics. Read more »
FCTA Begins Demolition As Encroachment Spreads
Daily Trust
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, yesterday directed the immediate demolition of houses and other structures obstructing designated water channels… Read more »
New Ethiopian Dams Pose No Threat - Sudanese Former Water Resources Minister
ENA
Sudanese international water expert and former Minister of Water Resources, Prof. Seif al-Din Hamad, said Ethiopia's planned additional cascading dams on the Abay (Blue Nile) River… Read more »
Mwanza Water Project Hits 70pc
Daily News
THE construction of a major water infrastructure project involving five storage tanks, transmission pipelines and two pumping stations in Mwanza City has reached 70 per cent… Read more »
Ethekwini Urged to Strengthen Response to Water Challenges
SAnews.gov.za
The Department of Water and Sanitation has called on eThekwini Municipality to strengthen its response and accelerate efforts to address persistent water and sanitation challenges… Read more »
Ethekwini Accelerates Sewer Rehabilitation to Strengthen Sanitation Services
SAnews.gov.za
The eThekwini Municipality has reported steady progress in restoring and strengthening the city's sanitation infrastructure through extensive repair, rehabilitation and… Read more »
Families Living in Joburg Stadium Trapped Among Rubbish and Rats
Daily Maverick
Years after being promised temporary shelter, hundreds of Johannesburg residents remain trapped in squalid conditions at Wembley Stadium with no clear path to permanent housing. Read more »
