In a bid to repair the country’s ailing water infrastructure, a new state-owned water company could be operational as early as 2025 …

KZN twins, Sanelisiwe and Sandisiwe Nhlozi will be representing SA in Sweden later this year after winning the SA Youth Water competition.

15-year-old twins from Buhlebemfundo Secondary School in Durban will represent SA at the Stockholm Junior Water Prize in Sweden.

Johannesburg Water is enhancing services amid challenges, with strategic plans for resilience and sustainability.

Water supply issues may be a thing of the past for a Durban community should promises made by Minister Senzo Mchunu come to fruition.

KwaZulu-Natal residents urged to conserve water as dam levels hold steady at 89.3%, Department of Water and Sanitation reports.

The largest sewage treatment plant in Cape Town is polluting False Bay. Millions of litres of sewage is pumped into the ocean daily.

Water outages are a burden on the tourism industry, and might be one of the main factors that discourage local tourism in South Africa.

Water is one of the most important resources for all of us. Here’s where to report any faults or issues to eThekwini (Durban) water.

The Water Imbizo will be held at the King Zwelithini Stadium and will be attended by various government tomorrow.

A damning report has found that 46% of South Africa’s water is contaminated, while 67% of treatment works are close to breaking down.

The march will be led by the DA Gauteng Premier candidate, Solly Msimanga MPL to Minister Senzo Mchunu’s office.

Regarding water shifting, Minister Mchunu said Rand Water assured him that they will do load shifting from a line that is not too busy.

The Lesotho Highlands Water Project worth a staggering R42 billion, is expected to deliver 490 million cubic metres per year.

The Department of Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu listened to the cries of Johannesburg residents over water woes.

Watch news in a minute for a summary of Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), is making unceasing efforts to solve KZN water woes.

You’d think a career in public office would mean employees skilled at balancing budgets. These are the SA’s government worst over-spenders.

Watch news in a minute for a summary of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has warned the public about fake employment recruiters.

Kagiso Komane, a former bursary holder from the DWS, is on a mission to pave the way for young professionals.

DWS has initiated a thorough investigation into the recent Cholera outbreak in the City of Tshwane and Ngwathe Local Municipality.

The Department of Water and Sanitation has come under fire for its controversial race quotas in draft regulations for water licencing.

According to Casper Kruger of the Hartbeespoort Optimum Fisheries and Research, lack of oxygen and bad water coming into the dam are to blame

Around 65% of South Africa’s population have access to waterborne sanitation such as flushing toilets connected to a sewer network.

The Water and Sanitation Programme takes place in various schools and the department aims to create more employment opportunities with it.

‘Death is only physical’: Singer Moneoa said in reference to GBV victim Uyinene Mrwetyana, who was brutally raped and murdered in 2019.

The province experiencing the worst decline in water levels is the Eastern Cape, particularly dams supplying Nelson Mandela Bay.

Contracts between the Department of Water and Sanitation and multinational software company SAP have been declared unlawful and set aside.

A number of Cape Town beaches and tidal pools have been closed to the public until further notice due to a pump failure.

The Department of Water and Sanitation in the Western Cape called on residents to use water sparingly as the hydrological cycle ‘is rapidly coming to an end.’

Solidarity had approached the courts in a bid to reverse the deployment of engineers from Cuba in South Africa by the Department of Water and Sanitation

Lindiwe Sisulu says she will request R183 million conditional grant the Treasury took from the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality.

“Both last week’s and this week’s levels are lower compared with the level of 100.8% the dams recorded at the same time last year.”

The government has urged citizens who earn between R3501 and R22 000 a month to apply for a housing subsidy to buy their first property.

On Thursday, 22 April, the Department of Water will welcome 24 Cuban engineers to South Africa and the opposition are not pleased.

On Thursday, 22 April, the water department will welcome 24 Cuban engineers to South Africa. They will be scattered across the country.

According to evidence filed in court in the fraud matter the total paid for non-existent goods was allegedly R30 756 613,13.

Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation David Mahlobo received a positive COVID-19 test result on Thursday 7 January 2021.

The latest weekly report by the Department of Water and Sanitation shows that SA dam levels have been on the rise.

The case involving former the Lepelle Northern Water Board CEO Phineas Legodi has been postponed to 17 December 2020

Water and sanitation minister Lindiwe Sisulu said the funds will go some way in helping the water boards to absorb the increase in raw water charges.

The Department of Water and Sanitation has called for water tariffs and restrictions to be revised based on the storage within the supply system.

After meeting with Minister of Human Settlements, Lindiwe Sisulu, Khayelitsha leaders said that they will prevent further disruption.

Metros all across the country increased tariffs on electricity, water, refuse and rates, asking consumers to pay more for services.

Department spokesperson Yonela Diko said the were proud of the work done in rooting out corruption and promised the people of South Africa that they would stay on course until that is accomplished

Parliament’s watchdog received a briefing from the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) over investigations involving the Department of Water and Sanitation

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has expressed concerned regarding the latest national dam level figures.

The minister is said to have disbanded her NRRTT advisory group after accusing them of going rogue – including going to the lengths of discrediting her

The blue party have said that Mo Shaik’s resignation as Lindiwe Sisulu’s special advisor, is a direct result of ‘DA pressure’.

Despite a huge financial investment in the scheme, the villagers have not received reliable potable water in their households.

According to DWS, the site visit is part of the constitutional mandate of the committee to ensure that the department delivers the services it is constitutionally required to deliver to its people.

Gauteng dam levels, on the whole, have improved after a week of heavy rain but the Vaal dam is yet to make a steady advance.

Department of Water and Sanitation has requested that water users make a conscious effort to save, as Limpopo dam levels continue to decline.

Limpopo dam levels have gone down from 50,5% to 49,8%.

The Department of Water and Sanitation, has announced urgent measures to address water challenges in the country, where dam levels have been declining rapidly.

The government urges South Africans to use water sparingly.

Level 1 restrictions set on Gauteng residents amid drops in dam levels.

Chief Water Resource Planner in the department, Tendani Nditwani, highlighted that South Africa invests R42 billion per year in water infrastructure and R13 billion in sanitation.

National government has been called in to help deal with the ongoing environmental crisis caused by the Sunfoil oil spill into the Msunduzi River.

The treatment facilities serving Hammanskraal are being worked overcapacity and are poorly maintained resulting in the contamination of drinking water.

The Department of Water and Sanitation announced plans to revamp water resources in Mpumalanga but urged residents to keep saving in the interim.

The Vaal Dam water levels have continued to drop to 64.3% this week, and the water level progress of other dams seems promising.

The DA have had a field day with the Department of Water and Sanitation’s (DWS) budget speech for 2019, slamming the “toxic legacy” of Nomvula Mokonyane.

A farmer from Clanwilliam was slapped with a R3.5m fine after being found guilty of 11 water and environmental transgressions.

The department says it needs the money to service its infrastructure.

The department cleared the air around rumours of conflict with the NGO.

Hope restored for the Vaal River.

Outa has expressed concern over the state of drinking water in several parts of Gauteng following a survey.

SCOPA has requested the founding documents for unplanned projects.

Happy World Toilet Day!

Both Eskom and the Department of Water and Sanitation have confirmed that their functionality has been severely hindered due to non-payment.

New ways of dealing with waste are being tested in Durban, South Africa under grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s “Reinvent the Toilet” challenge.

The eastern parts of Limpopo are suffering from a severe shortage of clean water.

Alastair Rudman‚ the farm owner in question, plans to appeal the court judgement.

The Sedibeng Regional Sewer Scheme launched three years ago to clear the Vaal River water of all the raw sewage. It’s 2018, and nothing’s happened.

Clearing out the blockages is costing the city millions.

How soon is “soon”?

That’s a lot of irregularities.

There are currently multiple water crises across the country. On numerous occasions, the national department of water and sanitation has said it has no money. Now, we might know why.

The water situation in South Africa is multifaceted and everyone is shifting blame. Parliament tried to hold a water debate to sort it all out.

The Western Cape Government is rejoicing at the news that SCOPA will investigate the Department of Water and Sanitation.

Minister confident that “Day Zero”will be averted.

Eyebrows have been raised with this one

The Cape Town water crisis is starting to reach peak panic mode. National government has now spoken out on what they are going to do to help in terms of getting access to every last drop of water.

The Eastern Cape en-route to overtaking the Western Cape as far as Day Zero is concerned.

Defaulting municipalities could cause a water crisis of their own.

This Zuma loyalist is in a great mood.

Tap water, anyone?

It is as bad as it sounds.

Things are bad, you guys.

One of Jacob Zuma’s most vocal cheerleaders and minister of water and sanitation, Nomvula Mokonyane has bumped up the salaries of her controversial Cuban engineers by a staggering R11.1 million.

The power of kiloliters of water moving all at once…

Over the weekend it was reported that minister Nomvula Mokonyane had bankrupted the department of water and sanitation to the extent of R4.3 billion.

When Nomvula Mokonyane isn’t shouting down Zuma’s detractors in parliament, she dabbles in playing minister of water and sanitation… albeit not very well it would seem.