With the impact of the drought felt across South Africa, one local aid organisation has made headway in the search for alternative water resources. The Gift of the Givers Foundation (GOTG) recently joined efforts to alleviate the impact of the drought in Beaufort West. The town, which is commonly referred[…]
The City of Cape Town has announced the interruption of water supply in certain areas of the city, as part of a pipeline condition assessment, in preparation for the Cape Town harbour emergency desalination plant. The interruptions are scheduled to begin at 22h00 on Friday evening. The affected areas include,[…]
Minister of Finance Malusi Gigaba has approved the City of Cape Town’s request to deviate from Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) regulations to urgently deal with the drought, the City said on Monday. The City in a statement said Gigaba informed it that he had been advised that potential regulatory[…]
While the City of Cape Town continues to urge residents to conserve water, VOC in collaboration with the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) is scheduled to host another Salatul-Istisqaa – the Islamic prayer for rain – symbolically coinciding with Sunday, the 10th of Muharram. This comes as the City this week[…]
The City of Cape Town plans to install roughly 2 000 water management devices per week on properties of excessive users to force down consumption, mayoral committee member Xanthea Limberg said on Monday. In a statement, Limberg said the devices will only allow water consumption of 350l per day on[…]
Further water restrictions for domestic and commercial users have been implemented in Cape Town, Mayor Patricia de Lille announced on Sunday. “[These include] the institution of Level 5 restrictions and a further increase in pressure management,” she said. “There is now a new emphasis on capping excessive water use at[…]
Emergency work is under way in four Western Cape municipalities at high risk of running out of water. Colin Deiner, the provincial disaster management chief, said R200-million was being spent in Beaufort West, Kannaland (Ladismith), Knysna and Bitou. Further measures were being implemented in “medium-risk” municipalities, which were concentrated in[…]
The Western Cape Environmental Affairs Department says the average water level for dams across the province, has increased to 31%. This is still significantly lower compared to this time of last year when the combined dam levels was 58%. Following last week’s rain, the average dam level of the six[…]
By Abubaker Abrahams The humanitarian conditions in the barren East Africa belt have deteriorated so badly yet the global response to the crisis remains inadequate. Over 20 million people across South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya are in urgent need of food, following months of drought, which have caused a[…]
By Ra-ees Moerat Cape Town is in the grip of its worst drought in 100 years, where three winters of below average annual rainfall was experienced. In response to this, the City of Cape Town is proposing a waterless solution to the car wash and taxi industry and has called[…]
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