The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is embarking on a structured roll-out of a series of frameworks to strengthen the capacity of water service authorities (WSAs) to comply with regulatory... 

South Africa and Zimbabwe are discussing a $500-million dam project to supply water to an industrial hub near their border, according to documents seen by Bloomberg. The proposed Thuli Moswa dam,... 

The New Development Bank (NDB) and National Treasury have signed a $200-million loan agreement to support Stage 1 of the Olifants Management Model Programme (OMMP), National Treasury announced on... 

Wayout International has signed a contract with Sustainable Water, Irrigation and Farming Technologies (Swift) for the deployment of their first Wayout drinking water system in Botswana. The first... 

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the increasing focus on infrastructure as South Africa seeks to arrest decay and lay the foundations for a return to growth, as well as the role of... 

A second power outage, this time impacting Rand Water’s Vereeniging water treatment plant, in the Emfuleni local municipality, led Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina and Deputy Minister... 

The Institute of Municipal Engineering of Southern Africa (Imesa) on Tuesday welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s National Water Action Plan (NWAP), which was published in July. However, the... 

South Africa has signed a $1-billion loan agreement with development finance institution the New Development Bank to upgrade metropolitan municipal services infrastructure as part of the Metro... 

A total power outage on Sunday in the Emfuleni local municipality has disrupted pumping at Rand Water’s Vereeniging water treatment plant. The Vereeniging water treatment plant supplies the... 

As the construction of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) Phase II progresses, the newly completed Mabunyaneng and Khubelu bridges in the Mokhotlong district, in Lesotho, are set to be... 

South Africa’s new National Water Action Plan (NWAP), developed and being implemented by the National Water Crisis Committee (Watercom), sets out several strategic interventions over the short,... 

A joint working committee, led by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), will be established to identify solutions to ensure that Rand Water obtains a reliable electricity supply. This... 

Low water pressure or intermittent water supply is expected in the short term as a power outage impacted the pumping operations of Rand Water’s Eikenhof Booster Station. City Power reported a major... 

Water utility Rand Water has assured that a cybersecurity incident has not affected the quality and supply of water. In a statement issued on Wednesday evening, the water utility said that it is... 

Multilateral development bank the New Development Bank (NDB) and South Africa have signed two loan agreements to support the Limpopo Central Hospital and Magalies Bulk Water Supply Scheme projects,... 

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) says it is investigating new reports of sardines washing ashore and has secured samples to test for Pilchard herpesvirus (PHV).... 

The City of Johannesburg says it has completed a project to clean up its act, which included restoring the Jukskei river catchment, urban cleanup, planting trees and installing a continuous... 

The practical completion of the Mabunyaneng and Khubelu bridges on July 31 marked an important milestone in the development of resilient transport infrastructure in Lesotho’s Mokhotlong district.... 

In the wake of the release last month of the National Water Action Plan (NWAP) by President Cyril Ramaphosa, Consulting Engineers South Africa’s (Cesa) has warned that infrastructure investment and... 

South Africa needs to modernise how it monitors and evaluates wastewater treatment systems if it is to strengthen environmental protection and prepare critical infrastructure for increasing climate... 

The construction of the R27.5-million uMkhomazi Water Project Phase 1 (uMWP-1), a major bulk water infrastructure scheme in KwaZulu-Natal, is set to start in January 2028, a year after the planned... 

The South Africa Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) stands firm on its view that the country’s water crisis needs to be declared a national disaster. This is despite the publication last month of the... 

Dry taps have become a daily frustration for residents of Johannesburg, a city haemorrhaging more than a third of its water supply, or an estimated 655 million litres (173 million gallons) a day,... 

Multilateral development bank the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and South Africa have signed a $500-million sovereign-backed loan to support the South Africa Metro Trading Services... 

A major burst on the B4 Pipeline is affecting water supply to the Palmiet booster pumping station, Rand Water reported on Thursday. The burst pipe, which occurred at about 06:00 on Thursday, led to... 

The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation raised concerns that, despite Presidential commitment since 2020, there are continued delays in processing water use licences (WULs). This followed... 

Two South African innovators have been shortlisted for the UK Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2026. This is the continent’s richest award aimed at promoting... 

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), in partnership with the Vaal-Orange Catchment Management Agency (VOCMA), has undertaken a public consultation on the proposed raw water tariffs for the... 

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Natasha Odendaal discusses the state of South Africa's water sector and the publication of the National Water Action Plan, which sets out short-, medium- and... 

Despite the magnitude of the City of Johannesburg’s (CoJ’s) existing sewer and water network, infrastructure will need to double over the next ten years to meet the surge in demand, delegates heard... 

The board of the Water Research Commission (WRC) says it has placed CEO Dr Jennifer Molwantwa on precautionary suspension, with effect from June 22, and appointed Professor Stanley Liphadzi acting... 

The Water Partnerships Office (WPO) is inviting expressions of interest (EoIs) from private sector project sponsors with water reuse and reclamation initiatives across South Africa to explore... 

As South Africa’s water crisis reaches a breaking point, President Cyril Ramaphosa has published the National Water Action Plan (NWAP), outlining strategic interventions to reverse the significant...