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Gauteng's illegal boreholes and other water infrastructure woes: What can we do about it?
Danielle van der Vaart and Kiera Bracher 6 Mar 2025



‘Forever chemicals’ are polluting African waters: Lake Victoria, SA’s Vaal and Kenya’s Nairobi rivers are hotspots
Patrick Ssebugere, Ashirafu Miiro, and Nelson Odume 3 Dec 2024



Eight years and counting - sewage spills into Butterworth river
Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 13 Aug 2024

Citizens team up with scientists to find solutions to SA’s deteriorating water quality
Issued by JNPR 23 Jul 2024

Umgeni: A river of sewage flowing through Durban
Nokulunga Majola 19 Jul 2024

When words aren’t enough: Parties falling short on climate action
Kemunto Ogutu, Issued by Roving Reporters 31 May 2024

Promising SA-first solution to convert paper sludge, food and textile waste into bioethanol
Issued by Sappi 29 Apr 2024


Government scrambles to fix water, power outages with rapid response plans


Sustainable strategies shaping ESG compliance in South Africa
Robert Erasmus 23 Feb 2024

Failing sewage plants continue to pollute False Bay
Steve Kretzmann 16 Feb 2024

Cape Town’s ocean-bound sewage options unveiled
Steve Kretzmann 9 Feb 2024





R16m UK-SA Water Innovation Lead Customer Programme fund launches

Water crisis in South Africa: Are we making progress?
Issued by SAICA 6 Nov 2023

The Medium Term Budget Policy Statement and the water crisis
Issued by SAICA 1 Nov 2023


WaterCan lays criminal complaint against CoJ for ongoing sewage pollution


SA's drinking water quality has dropped because of defective infrastructure, neglect
Anja du Plessis 14 Jun 2023


#YouthMonth: Izadri van Niekerk on engineering as a force for good
Sindy Peters 2 Jun 2023

With R16.1bn outstanding, reconfigured water boards aim for financial sustainability

Call for government to save Durban's contaminated rivers
Lucas Nowicki 27 Feb 2023


South Africa's biggest cities are out of water, but the dams are full: what's gone wrong
Anja du Plessis 19 Oct 2022

'One Water' paradigm shift gaining momentum in water industry - report

7 solutions to improve SA's wastewater infrastructure performance, revenue

#YouthMonth: Meet Bongani Dladla, the CIDB's dynamic new CEO
Sindy Peters 7 Jun 2022

The state of our rivers is a clear reflection of the health of our environment
Dr Eunice Ubomba-Jaswa 6 Jun 2022

Marine life in Western Cape's False Bay is full of chemical pollutants
Leslie Petrik and Cecilia Yejide Ojemaye 2 Jun 2022

South Africa's ability to manage wastewater is collapsing: what's at risk
Kevin Winter and Kirsty Carden 28 Apr 2022

New NPO brings together world-leading companies to help achieve UN SDGs


Boat club questions City of Cape Town's water quality tests
Liezl Human 1 Feb 2022

How Cape Town's drought spurred water-wise innovation at Levi's
Lauren Hartzenberg 21 Jan 2022
