City of Cape Town says its infrastructure is strained due to growing demand in the area Taps have run dry in Endlovini informal settlement in Khayelitsha for at least three weeks. The settlement is home to about 10,000 people. The City of Cape Town provides water trucks but the trucks do not supply everyone. According […]
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Water experts are in Abuja to brainstorm on how to address the infrastructural deficit in the country’s water sector. Stakeholders in the sector are attending the 28th meeting of the National Technical Committee on Water Resources, which is expected to be rounded off on Thursday with a communique highlighting what needed to be done to […]
A couple in Level Two informal settlement in Khayelitsha, Cape Town are growing vegetables on a small plot next to their home to feed their family and a local soup kitchen. They say they cleared the area that had once been used as a dump site. Xolani Mbokodi and his wife Vuyokazi Vapi live with […]
Villagers in the King Sabata Dalindyebo municipality have been walking at least a kilometre to fetch dirty water from a spring. Meanwhile the municipality is among several in the OR Tambo District in the Eastern Cape where water operators have not been paid. This week, the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) ruled in […]
CHINHOYI, which is perennially facing acute water shortages amid reports it is losing an estimated 62,5% of treated water due to obsolete infrastructure and vandalism, is failing to get an investor to fund the water reticulation system upgrade. The capital project, which has been on the drawing board for over a decade, is estimated to […]
MINISTER for Water Jumaa Aweso has announced a countrywide inspection of all water projects to ensure that the projects have been executed at the required standards. The Minister also said that the move will help to hold accountable all contractors who have failed to fulfill their responsibilities. Mr Aweso made the announcement in Dar es […]
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says his administration will take over the management of water in the resort city to address a perennial problem that has seen residents and businesses going for days without supplies. He made the pledge while addressing Zanu-PF supporters who had thronged the Victoria Falls International Airport to welcome him as he landed […]
THE REDCLIFF Municipality is pinning its hopes on government devolution funds to construct a water treatment plant in 2022 in the steel-making town. The project has been on the cards for years, and failed to kick-off due to financial challenges. In its $1,2 billion budget for 2022, Redcliff has set aside $375 million for the […]
Bulawayo has been hit by a diarrhoeal outbreak with a total of 157 people having been affected by the outbreak which was first reported on 28 November 2021. Confirming the outbreak, the city’s town clerk, Christopher Dube said the diarrhoeal infection was first reported in Tshabalala Extension. “The City of Bulawayo received a report from […]
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Zimbabwe: Give Me Water, Education
Access to safe and clean water remains a critical and essential service in any community or institution. When communities do not have access to reliable water sources, it’s most often children that must spend time every day fetching water. In many cases this causes them to miss school and miss out on an education. Siachilaba […]
The government has allocated a total of 62.52bn/- for water sector development in Kagera region during 2020/2021 financial year through the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASA), in efforts to increase water availability, it has been disclosed. RUWASA Regional Manager, Engineer Warioba Sanya, explained that until September 30th this year, about 2,659,315 residents of […]
WATER has become a thorny matter in some parts of the country, whereas people go days without filling a bucket while others face rationing. The problem has brought the central and local governments on high alert. The Dar es Salaam Water and Sewerage Authority (Dawasa) called out residents to preserve each drop as shortages persist […]
Kampala — Environmental officials are cracking down on wetland filling – but removing jobs-providing industries from wetland areas will prove a significant challenge, analysts say Until recently, truck drivers who poured fill into wetlands near Uganda’s capital, to illegally create new land for building or agricultural expansion, rarely met any resistance. But since Barirega Akankwasah […]
Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu has emphasised the need for radical action in an effort to secure adequate water supply. The Minister made an impassioned plea during a meeting with the Western Cape provincial government, municipalities and other stakeholders on the second day of a working session at the Protea Hotel in Stellenbosch. To […]
Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister Dikeledi Magadzi has called on ministers on the African continent to prioritise adequate and hygienic sanitation facilities for women, children, youth and people with disabilities. The Deputy Minister made the call while speaking during a virtual Africa Water and Sanitation Week and the 6th Africa Sanitation Conference, jointly convened by […]
Maiduguri — United Nations Children Fund, (UNICEF) has said that 7,728 toilet facilities were constructed for various communities in the North-east zone of the country between 2018 to date under its campaign against open defecation. As part of a long term target plan to eradicate open defecation and other environmental sanitation problems in Nigerian cities […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is satisfied with the work being done to increase the storage capacity of the Seychelles’ La Gogue Dam, a top official of the bank said on Wednesday. “We are very impressed with the project’s progress as we have noted that a lot of work has been done since our last […]
They have to walk to neighbouring townships to collect water Residents of Matswale Extension 14 in Musina, Limpopo were without water for about two weeks. While water was restored on Friday, residents complained that the issue was ongoing. They believe it is just a matter of time before they are without water again. They want […]