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The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation is inviting stakeholders to submit written comments on the National Water Amendment Bill by July 30, 2026. The proposed amendments include ensuring equitable water allocation, prohibiting undesirable consequences of private water trading, increasing the review period of the National Water Resource Strategy to ten years and providing for the reallocation of water and further protection of water source areas.
New agency partners with IFC to unlock municipal water investmentThe Infrastructure Finance and Implementation Support Agency has concluded a cooperation agreement with the International Finance Corporation to mobilise private sector participation in water, sanitation and waste management projects, especially at municipal level. A pipeline of 13 projects with an estimated combined capital cost of about R40-billion has been identified, including the uMkhomazi Water Project Phase 1 Raw Water project in KwaZulu-Natal.
Water sector requires urgent financing scale-up, ECA warnsAfrica requires more than $50-billion annually to meet Sustainable Development Goal 6 on clean water and sanitation, yet current investment stands at only $12-billion to $15-billion a year, UN Economic Commission for Africa executive secretary Claver Gatete says. In Africa, more than 400-million people lack access to basic drinking water and over 700-million remain without safely managed sanitation.
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The Nedbank Kusini Accelerator Programme is showing how practical enterprise development can help turn an essential service into a source of local economic opportunity. As access to safe,...
New Development Bank is lending South Africa $1-billion for the State to upgrade infrastructure in its eight biggest cities, Business Day reported. The so-called metropolitan municipalities will...
In this article by Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) chief economist and group executive Zeph Nhleko, he highlights infrastructure investment as the central lever to break South Africa’s...
Africa must urgently close the financing gap for water and sanitation investments if the continent is to accelerate progress on sustainable development, climate resilience and economic...
A newly formed government agency set up to mobilise private sector participation in public infrastructure has concluded a cooperation agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in a...
In South Africa, the water utilities and systems are treated as stepchildren, by the various levels of government, affirmed Association of Water and Sanitation Institutions of South Africa (Awsisa)...
Water and electricity systems are no longer separate and isolated, but are now intertwined in South Africa and across Africa. So highlighted Siemens South Africa CEO Sabine Dall'Omo, in her keynote...
The Competition Tribunal has unconditionally approved the Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries’ (Norfund’s) acquisition of a minority interest in South African water company Nafasi...
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia (CME) reports that upgraded royalties and North West Shelf Grant payments boosted the Western Australia resources sector’s contribution to...
A newly formed government agency set up to mobilise private sector participation in public infrastructure has concluded a cooperation agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in a...
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC’s) Gauteng office has launched an inquiry to investigate the water crisis affecting the province. The commission has identified prima facie...
In a country where reliable water and sanitation infrastructure remains both a pressing need and a long-term national priority, the role of the Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers...
Consulting engineers, as key experts, are best positioned to unlock faster, better-quality infrastructure in the water, energy and transport sectors. There is a need for deeper and longer...
The importance of rail and water for South Africa’s economic growth was emphasised on the second day of industry organisation Consulting Engineers South Africa’s (Cesa’s) Infrastructure Indaba...
For over 60 years, VEGA has been at the forefront of level and pressure measurement technology, supporting industries such as chemicals, food, mining, pharmaceuticals, water, oil and gas. Committed...
The importance of rail and water for South Africa’s economic growth was emphasised on the second day of industry organisation Consulting Engineers South Africa’s (Cesa’s) Infrastructure Indaba...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) have stepped up the fight against corruption in the water sector with the official launch of the Water Sector...
The National Treasury has officially launched a R54-billion performance-based grant in a bid to increase investments in water, sanitation, electricity and waste infrastructure services by the...
Across power and water, there is no shortage of announcements, memoranda and pipeline lists. Yet investors, DFIs and lenders repeatedly describe the same frustration: a large share of project...
South Africa cannot take the same path to resolve its water challenges as it did with the energy sector during the period of loadshedding, as the structure of the water sector is fundamentally...
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