May 08
TweetNine people were arrested during a service delivery protest over municipal water in Lilydale in the Bushbuckridge municipality on Monday, Mpumalanga police said. “At 6am residents… went on the rampage. They burnt municipal offices and a Caterpillar grader,” said Lt-Col Leonard Hlathi. The residents were demonstrating their dissatisfaction over municipal water in the area which …
May 06
TweetThe DA has asked that the Msunduzi municipality (South Africa) investigate the financial feasibility of raising a loan to cover its contribution towards the construction of the Spring Grove Dam near Mooi River.
May 05
TweetUtility planners are devising ways in which they would meet the demand for energy during the most pressing times. Short term, they will consider whether they will have to dip into their reserves and longer term, they will calculate whether they have enough generation and transmission. But one thing that those companies are struggling with …
Apr 04
TweetWater is a remarkable substance – central to life, it feeds our nations, drives our industry, washes away our troubles, quenches our thirst, and brings beauty and pleasure into our lives. South Africa is a country that, contrary to belief, does not have an abundant supply of water and could well be described as a …
Apr 02
TweetVillagers discover that it is easier to store water in ice than in a reservoir, and less is lost to evaporation. Ran Bhadur (right) & Mohan Bhadur (left) shovel sand & rock to dam a stone embankment holding water that will eventually freeze & serve as an artificial glacier in the village of Stakmo in …
Mar 24
TweetDrought, floods and a lack of fresh water may cause significant global instability and conflict WASHINGTON — Drought, floods and a lack of fresh water may cause significant global instability and conflict in the coming decades,
