Tag Archives: Water Crisis

Despite recent rains KZN dam levels continue to decline

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintThobeka Ngema, Daily News, 10 September 2020 Spring has sprung but not for KZN dam levels which have been affected by the season change according to the Department of Water and Sanitation in the province. Read More

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Sisulu sounds alarm of debt crisis at SA’s water boards

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintJason Felix, News24, 23 July 2020 Human Settlement, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has revealed debt owed to the country’s water boards by municipalities now stands at more than R10 billion. Read More

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Sisulu pleads with protesters to end violent protests over water service provider

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintNivashni Nair, Times Live, 11 July 2020 Human settlements, water and sanitation minister Lindiwe Sisulu has pleaded with protesters to end road blockades, violence and sabotage of infrastructure over the King Cetshwayo District’s decision to not renew its contract with … Continue reading

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Dam levels continue to drop in South Africa

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintRobin-lee Francke, ANA, 25 June 2020 The Department of Water and Sanitation has revealed that South Africa’s dam levels continue to decline as the country’s dry winter takes its toll on scarce water resources. Read More

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Cape Town dam levels rise 0.6% while the total capacity now sits at 58.8%

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintANA Reporter, 23 June 2020 Water levels at dams supplying the Cape Town metropolitan area increased by 0.6 percent during the week to June 21 to 58.8 percent of total capacity, the city council said on Tuesday. Read More

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Orange Farm protesters torch water tanks meant for Covid-19 relief

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintBotho Molosankwe, IOL News, 11 June 2020 Water tanks that were meant to help Orange Farm residents during the Covid-19 pandemic have been torched. Read More

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