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Overnight water throttling part of new measures to combat Joburg’s water challenges
By: Natasha Odendaal 12th November 2024 Johannesburg Water will start throttling water supply from between 21:00 and 04:00, as the city experiences increasingly frequent interruptions to... →
Trip at Kriel power station’s Unit 6 will not lead to loadshedding, Eskom assures
By: Darren Parker 4th November 2024 State-owned utility Eskom has assured the country that the tripping of Unit 6 at the Kriel power station, in Mpumalanga, on November 3, would not... →
Eskom confirms no impact on power supply following incident with Unit 6 at Kriel Power Station
4th November 2024 On Sunday, 3 November 2024, at approximately 17:04, Unit 6 at Kriel Power Station correctly tripped following the loss of hydraulic oil to the... →
Harmony delivers gold recovery project with 30% of building work going to locals
By: Martin Creamer 23rd October 2024 With the streaming agreement between Franco-Nevada and Mine Waste Solutions (MWS) over, Harmony Gold will from now on benefit fully from the... →
DA Gauteng leader challenges Lesufi to a public debate
23rd October 2024 At the heart of Gauteng’s water crisis, is the failure of the Gauteng Provincial Government to prioritise the creation of a provincial... →
South Africa’s Gauteng province launches water data hub – residents can now keep track of shortages and repair issues
19th September 2024 South Africa is a water scarce country. In other words it has an excess of demand over available supply. It also has low water security – the... →
DA gives solutions to Parys water crisis
4th September 2024 Residents of Parys, in the Ngwathe Local Municipality, continue to suffer from frequent pipe bursts, causing daily water shortages or leaving taps... →
Cape Town launches live tracking of water, sanitation snags
By: Irma Venter 20th August 2024 Cape Town has unveiled a new pump station control room, which digitally tracks the live performance of water and sanitation infrastructure.... →