Plans to offer free water to residents who cannot afford bills by the Dar es Salaam Water and Sewerage Corporation (DAWASCO) are underway.This service will benefit only under ... Read more »
"Level 6 water restrictions are here - this means the crisis in the Western Cape has intensified to the point where 'Day Zero' is looking more real by the day. For my allAfrica ... Read more »
Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya has announced at a press briefing in Lusaka that vaccination would first be administered in cholera epicentres, Chipata and Kanyama townships. Read more »
In the south of the island, where many people farm for a living, the rainy season is getting shorter and shorter, they say. Rains that once stretched from October to March now fall ... Read more »
President Edgar Lungu has dispatched the military to contain an outbreak of cholera which has killed 41 people in Lusaka and affected more than 1,500 others since September 2017. Read more »
Level 6 water restrictions have been implemented. Urban households are required to reduce water usage by 45%, and agricultural users to reduce consumption by 60%. However, ... Read more »
The ongoing diplomatic tussle between Egypt and Ethiopia over the use of water from the river Nile for Ethiopia's Grand Rennaisance Dam electricity generation project seems to be ... Read more »
According to the City, Day Zero is when almost all of the taps in the city will be turned off and residents would have to queue for water at approximately 200 sites across the ... Read more »
The discovery of a fresh water resource in Beaufort West by the Council for Geoscience brings "huge relief" to the to the drought-stricken town and Western Cape, Mineral Resources ... Read more »
Two water tanks meant to alleviate an outage in the northern parts of Johannesburg following a pipe burst have been stolen, Johannesburg Water spokesperson Isaac Dhludhlu has said. Read more »
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