Category Archives: Water Security

Mchunu in talks with Rand Water over Gauteng water shortage

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintRisha Maduray, SABC News, 1 February 2023 Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu says his department is in talks with Rand Water over water shortage issues in Gauteng. Read More

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Cape Town mayor urges residents to reduce water usage as dam levels drop

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintNtuthuzelo Nene, Eyewitness News, 31 January 2023 Cape town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has urged Capetonians to reduce water usage as dam levels drop. Read More

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R88m in emergency funding for generators to keep water services running in Western Cape

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintTimes Live, 30 January 2023 Western Cape finance and economic opportunities MEC Mireille Wenger has authorised the release of R88.8m in emergency funding to procure backup generators to keep water treatment and supply services running during load-shedding. Read More

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Water supply reduced as Joburg Water experiences power interruption

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintSABC News, 29 January 2023 Johannesburg Water says it’s monitoring systems after being impacted by a power interruption at Rand Water’s Eikenhof pump station, earlier on Sunday morning. Read More

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Clear drinking water, then we pay our water bills: irate Hammanskraal residents

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintNkosikhona Duma, Eyewitness News, 28 January 2023 The residents of Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria said they were still subjected to smelly and undrinkable water, years after City of Tshwane officials promised to intervene. Read More

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Rand Water restricts Tshwane supply as residents fail to use water sparingly

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintVeronica Mokhoali, Eyewitness News, 22 January 2023 Rand Water has restricted water supply to the City of Tshwane by implementing flow control measures. Read More

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