The City of Cape Town has advised residents that load shedding may cause interruptions to the water supply should power utility Eskom resort to Stage 6. The City said residents ... Read more »
The government has said that it plans to spend R900-billion over the next decade to upgrade the country's water supply and storage systems. This comes as parts of the country ... Read more »
The high cost of treating muddy water could increase water tariffs, while flooding has also halted activity in water treatment and hydropower plants. Some areas in Nairobi has seen ... Read more »
The South African division of the World Wildlife Fund has welcomed Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu's national water and sanitation master plan, saying it highlights ... Read more »
The water crisis in Zimbawe's second largest city has worsened with the local authority revising weekly water shedding hours from 72 hours to 92 hours. In a stateme Read more »
Ending the practice of defecating in the open, rather than in a toilet, will have "transformational benefits" for some of the world's most vulnerable people, says the UN's partner ... Read more »
Appeals made by local authorities in Gauteng for residents to use water sparingly have sparked fear following a heat wave and an announcement that the Lesotho Highlands Water ... Read more »
As a water shortage ravages Barberton, Mpumalanga and water consumption rates in Cape Town exceed daily targets, officials have assured that Day Zero is not on the horizon for ... Read more »
The late former president Robert Mugabe's nephew, Leo Mugabe, has failed to complete the Oddis Plant project his company was long contracted to work on by the Harare City Council, ... Read more »
500km from the country's capital Addis Abeba, a small village of Berebeyu is grappling with the realities of climate change. In May 2019, the International Organization for ... Read more »
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