After a week long of dry taps in the Capital City, Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) says it has resumed normal supply of water to its customers following the completion of interconnection works which it conducted in the areas where roads are being upgraded in Lilongwe city. A press statement from LWB issued on Saturday indicates […]
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The government has embarked on an operation code-named “Chenesa Harare” that will see garbage collected from the city while the treasury will provide funds to procure chemicals for water purification. During a press conference Saturday, Health Minister Douglas Mombeshora said the operation had been necessitated by the increased cases of cholera. As of January 5, […]
Maputo — The Mozambican Health Ministry has announced the launch, as of Monday, of a mass vaccination campaign against cholera, in the provinces most affected by the disease. Speaking to reporters on Friday, the Deputy National Director of Public Health, Benigna Matsinhe, said that last year’s cholera outbreak had slowed down between July and September. […]
Ministry of Health through the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 and Cholera (PTF) said it has a deficit of over $5.9million from $18.2million required to implement cholera activities from November 2023 to October 2024. Co-Chairperson of the task force team also Minister of Health, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda made the remarks during a press conference in […]
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Zimbabwe: New Cholera Rules for Schools
Schools must observe laid-down cholera protocols to ensure safe opening this Tuesday, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has directed. Speaking during a clean-up campaign at Warren Park 1 High School yesterday, Primary and Secondary Education Minister, Torerai Moyo, encouraged schools to promote the washing of hands through installing hand-washing points around the school. […]
Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hany Suweilam asserted that the efforts exerted to develop the northern lakes in coordination with the different bodies of the state aim at improving the quality of water. This is reflected on developing the fish wealth and ensuring work opportunities for a big number of fishermen. This came during […]
Rabat — Minister of Equipment and Water, Nizar Baraka, said, on Tuesday at the House of Advisors, that water desalination remains a priority for managing the water deficit, which has become structural, given the repercussions of global warming. Responding to oral questions, Baraka noted that by 2030, 50% of drinking water supply will be provided […]
In most suburbs, garbage has gone uncollected throughout the city during the festive season causing a health time bomb. In the city centre, there are heaps of garbage at ranks which have not been collected for months. The Avenues area has not been left out as an illegal dumpsite along Third Street has emerged as […]
The executive manager of WaterCAN is turning the tide on water security in South Africa. In 1983 in Lenasia, Ferrial Adam was just 11 years old when she went to her first anti-apartheid meeting. Adam is the youngest of five siblings in a family that didn’t shy away from political issues, and human rights have […]
Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam reaffirmed the importance of rehabilitating and maintaining water facilities nationwide to guarantee improving the quality of the water management process. During a meeting on Wednesday 27/12/2023, the minister highlighted the importance of rehabilitation and maintenance operations to ensure efficiency of water drains and canals, make sure they […]
Amidst economic hardship and frustration by citizens, the Lagos State Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, has announced the increase in the cost of waste evacuation of refuse effective January 2024. The approved new tariff sent to customers by a LAWMA agent, Doset Will Investment Limited, reveals that residents of Lagos will now pay double the formal […]
Addis Ababa, — The 4th round of trilateral negotiation on Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) among Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan has started today in Addis Ababa. The recent negotiations are being conducted following the joint statement by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia, and President Abdel Fatah el Sisi of Egypt, on 13 July 2023, […]
Kisii — Kisii County’s Governor Simba Arati has announced a comprehensive plan to increase water supply to residents while promoting environmental conservation efforts. The initiative involves expanding water connections, reviving stalled water projects, establishing new water schemes, and protecting springs. Speaking during the Jamuhuri celebrations at Mosoncho playgrounds, Governor Arati highlighted the impact of climate […]
A case of cholera has been confirmed in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro and while the municipality insisted that the drinking water is safe, it said on Monday that the affected woman had been exposed to sewage from a large sewage spill in her yard. A Nelson Mandela Bay woman who was kept in isolation […]
Three separate audit reports have laid bare how one of the country’s most precious resources is being fouled by sewage and other effluents, wasted through pipe leakages or non-payment and, in several areas, not treated to safe drinking standards. The good news is that tap water in most of South Africa’s big cities is still […]
RESIDENTS in Kuwadzana have approached the High Court seeking an order directing Harare City Council to supply them with water through bowsers after constantly failing to adequately provide it via its pipes. The Urgent Court Application is in response to a cholera outbreak centred in the high-density suburb and a national disaster as declared by […]
Cape Town — Heatwave Breaks Temperature Records for November – Weather Service A recent heatwave in the northeastern parts of the country broke temperature records for November, the South African Weather Service (SAWS) said. Extreme hot conditions struck on Sunday, November 19 and afterwards, News24 reports. According to the weather service, more than 10 […]
HARARE residents have approached Parliament seeking to compel the City Council to address water challenges which are threatening to plunge the capital into a health crisis. Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA), Tuesday appeared before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Local Government and Public Works after handing in its petition bemoaning the council’s failure to improve […]