Rand Water has been selected as the preferred bidder to provide technical support, infrastructure management and operational improvement to the Zanzibar Water Authority (ZAWA) through a ten-year... 

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) have progressed in the development of the Water Sector Anti-Corruption Forum (WSACF) - a strategic intervention... 

South African financiers are preparing a R2-billion bond to fund water conservation projects dedicated to restoring strategic water catchments. Backed by Rand Merchant Bank and the Development Bank... 

Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina has commissioned the Maphumulo bulk water supply scheme in KwaMaphumulo, in the iLembe district municipality, in KwaZulu-Natal. The scheme, funded by... 

South Africa’s escalating water outages are being driven primarily by failing infrastructure rather than water scarcity, and the country is facing a critical turning point requiring urgent... 

South Africa’s water challenges are vast, systemic and interconnected, and the sector is at a defining moment; however, there is a strong foundation to work from, participants in a Strategic Water... 

Wastewater treatment company Sanitech announced the integration of water and waste solutions company Green-Tech’s technology into its operations, marking a significant step in strengthening its... 

Rand Water on Thursday said it is currently abstracting slightly above its new allocation provided by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) of an additional 200 Mℓ/d. Earlier this month, the... 

As water challenges continue to cripple South Africa’s most populous province, the Gauteng provincial government has reiterated its commitment to resolve the wide-spread issues. Speaking during his... 

Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister David Mahlobo is undertaking a high-level visit to Japan from February 23 to 27 in an effort to strengthen bilateral cooperation between South Africa and Japan... 

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer talks about the recent attention being given to South Africa’s economic reforms. 

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has approved an urgent water-use licence application from Rand Water to extract additional water from the Integrated Vaal River System (IVRS) for four... 

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) on Monday warned that, while necessary, the amendment of South Africa’s Water Services Act will not fix political failure and poor governance. In its... 

Coordinated efforts are under way to address ongoing water supply challenges affecting parts of the metropolitans of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Tshwane and Mogale City local municipality, says... 

The implementation of policies and projects, sticking to timelines and responsibility for their delivery so that they are measurable and sustained are crucial for South Africa, emphasised business... 

Johannesburg needs a new approach to water provision, one that aligns responsibility with authority and supports stable, accountable service delivery, says Department of Water and Sanitation... 

Political parties expressed mixed reactions to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address, criticising the announcement of the National Water Crisis Committee. On Thursday, Ramaphosa... 

Government is establishing a National Water Crisis Committee, chaired by President Cyril Ramaphosa, to tackle South Africa’s prolonged water crisis. While longer-term reforms are under way, led by... 

The South African Human Rights Commission is calling for the water outages currently crippling South Africa to be declared a national disaster, as it believes that the water challenges have reached... 

As suburbs across Johannesburg continue to battle water outages and intermittent water supply, the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) says that it is taking decisive action to stabilise the water supply... 

The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) has assured that, despite the widespread water challenges being experienced across the region, there is no ‘Day Zero’ and the water system, while under pressure, is... 

Water utility Rand Water is reducing water supply to high-consuming metropolitans as demand is stretching its system. In a statement issued over the weekend, Rand Water said that water consumption... 

There has been a significant reduction in water use across Gauteng’s metropolitans, the latest data from water utility Rand Water shows. Combined, the cities of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Tshwane... 

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has issued a dam safety directive to Shamile CPA, owner of Mpumalanga-based My Own Dam, publicly known as Senteeko dam, to immediately undertake action... 

Water utility Rand Water on Tuesday raised concern over persistent high water demand. The utility said in a statement that it is overstretching its assets to accommodate the high consumption, which... 

There is a need for greater resilience in Gauteng’s water supply system, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) said on Friday. The comments followed an explosion of a motor connected to one... 

Gauteng’s three metropolitan municipalities are consuming water well above its agreed quotas with water utility Rand Water. Combined, the cities of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Tshwane are... 

Offshore cutting solutions provider Decom Engineering deployed its recently launched, ultralight chopsaw, the C1-16UL, to complete a “challenging” deep-water project in the Gulf of Mexico. The... 

This opinion article, written by Department of Water & Sanitation director-general Dr Sean Phillips in his personal capacity, outlines the many causes for public projects being delayed or running... 

Rand Water on Thursday reported that all stations are pumping at full load after an explosion of a motor connected to one of the pumps at Zuikerbosch water treatment plant on Tuesday led to the... 

The New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad) Business Foundation (NBF) has entered into a strategic partnership with the UK government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office... 

The Department of Water and Sanitation’s (DWS’s) dam safety specialist unit head Wally Ramokopa is also headed to the Senteeko dam, in the Die Kaap river catchment in Mpumalanga, to conduct a site... 

Bulk water services provider Rand Water has assured that the water it supplies is safe to consume, categorically dismissing claims suggesting otherwise as false and misleading. The utility was...