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Outa, WSSA call for establishment of an independent water regulator

By: Natasha Odendaal Updated 1 hour 13 minutes ago Civil society organisations, the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) and Water Shortage South Africa (WSSA), believe the establishment of an independent regulator will result in an effective and efficient water sector and help to protect South Africa's scarce water supplies. The pair have... →

Wakkerstroom residents want R13m water pipeline project halted

By: News24Wire 7th December 2018 Residents of Wakkerstroom in Mpumalanga have called for a R13-million water pipeline project to be halted, saying it will put their water supply at risk. Speaking via the Wakkerstroom Interest Group (WIG), they say the pipeline project - from Martin's Dam, above the Wakkerstroom Wetland, to... →

Water and sanitation audit committee says Mokonyane ignored reports on financial mismanagement

By: News24Wire 7th December 2018 The Department of Water and Sanitation's internal audit committee had given its former minister, Nomvula Mokonyane, detailed quarterly reports about serious financial mismanagement in her department – but she ignored them all. The ailing department has clocked up more than R6-million in irregular... →

Former Water & Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane

Work on Vaal river system rehabilitation project gets under way

By: Natasha Odendaal 7th December 2018 Work on the Vaal River System rehabilitation project, in Sebokeng, is now under way after a technical team from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) completed its assessments, Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula says. Following the deployment by Finance... →

Mpumalanga remains under strain as water pollution continues

By: Simone Liedtke 4th December 2018 Residents of Mpumalanga remain concerned about sewage spillages and wastewater challenges. The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has received complaints about alleged sewage spillages and/or the inadequate treatment of wastewater. →

Outa asks SAHRC to investigate Sedibeng scheme

By: Natasha Odendaal 4th December 2018 The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) on Tuesday said it recommends the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) probe the Sedibeng Regional Sanitation Scheme (SRSS) project during its investigation into the state of pollution in the Vaal river. The SRSS is supposed to protect the Vaal... →

Nkwinti shares update on Blue, Green Drop progress assessment tool reports

By: Marleny Arnoldi 4th December 2018 The 2017 Green Drop Progress Assessment Tool report will be released once the process of quality assurance has been concluded and the necessary approvals have been received, which is anticipated in June 2019, says Water and Sanitation Minister Gugile Nkwinti. In response to a Parliamentary... →

National water dept, City differ on water consumption level for next year

By: News24Wire 4th December 2018 The national Department of Water and Sanitation has ruled that Cape Town needs to cut water consumption by only 10% for the year starting in December. This comes just days after the City of Cape Town announced that residents would need to cut consumption by a much bigger 30% for the coming year.... →

Pollutec covers full spectrum of environmental industry

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 3rd December 2018 Environmental trade show Pollutec concluded a successful fortieth anniversary, in Lyon, France, last week. This year’s event saw an increase in the number of international exhibitors and also hosted three new pavilions – Korea, Hungary and Italy. →

Photo by Tasneem Bulbulia
Display depicting ocean pollution

Seapro South Africa is the new authorised distributor of Cla-Val for SADC region

By: Simone Liedtke 3rd December 2018 Privately owned Seapro South Africa (SA) has been appointed the sole agent for Cla-Val in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. Cla-Val has also awarded Seapro SA the right to produce components and assemble its valves in South Africa, with Seapro having appointed a local... →

TCTA intends to expand its horizons

By: Simone Liedtke 30th November 2018 Motivated by the idea of making an optimal contribution within the South African water sector, State-owned Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA) on Thursday reaffirmed its plans to explore ways in which it could expand its horizons and capacitate the organisation for the challenges the water... →

Photo by Dylan Slater
Recently appointed TCTA CEO Percy Sechemane

Cape Town households shoulder a bigger share of water restrictions so economy and business can recover

By: News24Wire 30th November 2018 Cape Town households will shoulder a bigger share of the new water restrictions to make more water available for the region’s economic drivers of agriculture, industry and tourism. This reflects a major shift in the way the region’s water is allocated, with agriculture getting a bigger share than... →

Court sets aside decision permitting mining in protected area

By: Jessica Oosthuizen 30th November 2018 The North Gauteng High Court earlier this month set aside a 2016 decision of former Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane and late Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa that permitted a new coal mine to be developed in the Mabola protected environment, in Mpumalanga. Under the... →

CHRISTINE REDDELL The Centre for Environmental Rights has been continuously campaigning for administrative penalties to be introduced as part of South African environmental law

High recovery water treatment plant being commissioned

30th November 2018 After extensive testwork and design, international mineral processing specialist – with a local subsidiary based in Kempton Park – Multotec Group is commissioning a full-scale DeSALx plant to treat waste water from a flue gas desulphurisation scrubber, at a minerals processing plant in Oman in... →

CARIEN SPAGNUOLO During the testwork, we were able to simulate the effect of changing feed conditions on the DeSALx system – proving its ability to adjust effectively to these variable conditions

Alignment of solutions needed for water security

By: Jessica Oosthuizen 30th November 2018 Nature-based and engineering solutions should be aligned and the value of ecological infrastructure must be recognised for water security, says South African National Biodiversity Institute (Sanbi) ecological infrastructure director Mahlodi Tau. In May, Sanbi launched a R90-milllion Ecological... →

COMBINING INFRASTRUCTURE The R90-million water security project seeks to illustrate the complementarity and the support that ecological infrastructure offers built infrastructure

Gauteng survey shows water provision still a challenge

By: Natasha Odendaal 30th November 2018 A local quality of life biennial survey has found that the reliable provision of water remains a challenge for residents in Gauteng. While more than 90% of the Gauteng City Region Observatory (GCRO) survey respondents have piped water in their dwelling or yard, nearly quarter of respondents, at... →

Human Rights Commission in Mpumalanga to probe complaints of sewage spillage

By: Natasha Odendaal 28th November 2018 Hot on the heels of the Vaal river and Randfontein water pollution investigations currently under way, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) intends investigating complaints over sewage spillages and wastewater treatment challenges in various municipalities in Mpumalanga. The local... →

SIU moves to recover R2.2bn in failed Giyani water project

By: News24Wire 28th November 2018 The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is seeking to recover R2.2-billion from the tender appointment of LTE Consulting Engineers by state-owned water utility Lepelle Northern Water (LNW) for a failed water project in Giyani, Limpopo. The SIU has instituted a civil claim in the High Court in... →

Treasury loses out on more than R1bn in VAT from drought-stricken farmers

By: News24Wire 27th November 2018 The government has lost out on more than R1-billion in VAT from drought-stricken farmers who were forced to cut production after their irrigation water from the Cape supply dams was radically reduced a year ago. Agri Western Cape CEO Carl Opperman said on Monday this was one of the facts he... →

Work on Vaal river system rehabilitation project gets under way

By: Natasha Odendaal 26th November 2018 Work on the Vaal River System rehabilitation project, in Sebokeng, is now under way after a technical team from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) completed its assessments, Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has said. Following the deployment by Finance... →

Education, Health, Public Works finances are in a bad way, says Auditor-General

By: Kim Cloete 22nd November 2018 Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu has warned that the financial health of the provincial departments of health, education and public works are in a bad way and need urgent intervention. “Urgent intervention is needed to prevent the collapse of these key service delivery departments,” said Makwetu in... →

Defence Minister to visit Vaal river system rehabilitation project

By: Natasha Odendaal 22nd November 2018 Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will on Friday visit the Vaal river system rehabilitation project that is currently under way in Sebokeng. This followed the deployment of the South African National Defence Force technical teams to restore infrastructure, including... →

SAHRC steps up efforts in water sector

21st November 2018 Creamer Media's Chanel de Bruyn speaks to Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Natasha Odendaal about the South African Human Rights Commission’s investigation into the alleged violation of citizens’ right to clean water and a clean environment. →

SAHRC steps up efforts in water sector

Vaal River pollution: 'There have been challenges to compliance', Sasol says

By: News24Wire 21st November 2018 Petrochemicals giant Sasol has denied that it is responsible for pollution in the Vaal river. However, it has admitted struggling to interpret some compliance requirements with regard to regulations on the discharge of waste. According to a report by the Department of Water and Sanitation... →

Cape Town borrows R1.3bn from German bank for wastewater projects

By: News24Wire 21st November 2018 The City of Cape Town signed a R1.3-billion loan with the German government-owned KfW Development Bank for urban wastewater management, Mayor Dan Plato's office said. The unsecured loan will cost 8.107% in interest and is payable over 15 years. In a statement, the City said the interest rate was... →

New toilet can save 30% of water and 30% of consumers' water bills

By: News24Wire 20th November 2018 South Africa has developed a revolutionary new toilet that uses less than two litres of water for a full flush – saving around 700 litres of water a person every month. Normal lavatories use between six and 12 litres for each flush and account for 30% to 40% of a household's water use, so the new... →

Lack of school toilets puts 620m children in danger – report

By: Reuters 16th November 2018 A lack of proper school toilets threatens the health, education and safety of at least 620-million children around the world, the charity WaterAid said in a new study published on Friday. Children at one in three schools lack access to proper toilets, putting them at risk of diarrhea and other... →

IoT tools can be used to improve water management

By: Natasha Odendaal 16th November 2018 The Internet of Things (IoT) can help preserve scare resources, as pollution and climate change results in greater pressure on water supply and increasing human population and urbanisation leads to a higher demand, Apex Innovation MD Brynn Williams says. “The consequence [of this trend] is higher... →

Construction industry depressed, but upturn expected

By: Jessica Oosthuizen 16th November 2018 South African thermoplastic valves supplier Astore Keymak depends on project and maintenance work, as the civil engineering and construction sector is depressed, says Astore Keymak compression fittings and saddles manager Aldrin Velan. However, he believes that there will be an upturn,... →

Cape Town to sign loan with German state-owned KfW Bank for urban wastewater management

By: African News Agency 15th November 2018 The City of Cape Town will next week sign a loan agreement with the Germany's KfW Development Bank for urban wastewater management which will be payable at a favourable rate over 15 years. The loan is in line with the City's ongoing focus on the upgrading of urban wastewater management... →

Municipalities' unpaid water bills increase to a whopping R13.1bn

By: News24Wire 15th November 2018 Municipalities that do not pay their water bills have run up a whopping R13.1bn debt – an amount just R2bn short of the entire annual budget of the Department of Water and Sanitation. The department told the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation on Wednesday that despite interventions since... →

Municipal debt to Eskom climbs to R17bn

By: African News Agency 13th November 2018 The debt owed to Eskom by South Africa's municipalities continues to grow and had now reached R17-billion, Cooperative Governance Minister Zweli Mkhize told MPs on Tuesday.. "We have noted that debt stood at R14.3-billion and currently has gone up to R17-billion and that's just for Eskom and a... →

City of Cape Town to harness stormwater to boost water resources

By: News24Wire 13th November 2018 Stormwater is set to become a new water resource, the City of Cape Town has said. Instead of rushing down gutters and into the sea, stormwater will be kept and used. Just how it will be incorporated into the water system, or how much of it will be captured, is still in the planning stages. But... →

DWS to establish licensing body, advisory council

By: Marleny Arnoldi 12th November 2018 The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) will establish a schedule three institution to accelerate the issuing of water use licences. This follows after Water and Sanitation Minister Gugile Nkwinti expressed his intention, during a Ministerial Innovators Interactive Session that was hosted... →

Advance infrastructure construction on LHWP Phase 2 to start in January

By: Simone Liedtke 9th November 2018 Advance infrastructure construction at Polihali and Katse, which forms part of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) Phase 2, is set to begin in early January, following the award of a contract, valued at about 394-million Lesotho Maloti, to the WBHO and LSP Construction joint venture (JV).... →

Lack of valve traceability hampers local industry

By: Jessica Oosthuizen 9th November 2018 The local valves industry has become extremely competitive, especially since there has been an influx of products that have no traceability, says industrial automation, valve and control supplier Fluid Control Services owner Allen Maguire. Many products are entering the local market from the... →

VALVE STANDARD The local valves industry needs to conform to a certain standard in terms of traceability

Valve companies upgraded to Level 1 BBBEE status

By: Jessica Oosthuizen 9th November 2018 Valve manufacturer Ainsworth Engineering and its sister company valve distributor United Valve Company (UVC) are under new ownership and have been upgraded to Level 1 broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE) status. The initiative was funded by the Industrial Development Corporation and... →

Ainsworth Engineering and United Valves Company CEO Siyabonga Meyiwa and United Valves Company General Manager Ruben van Loggerenberg discuss the state of the valve industry and company developments. Camerawork and Editing: Nicholas Boyd.

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