The City of Cape Town says it has various plans in place to repair and replace critical water infrastructure that will assist with retaining water. Authorities are calling for support from Western Cape residents to save as much water as possible, with the province having recorded below-average rainfall so far[…]
LOCAL Latest sampling results indicate that water is safe to drink and the discolouration experienced in parts of the eastern, central and southern suburbs has been resolved. This means that residents in affected areas need no longer boil their water before drinking or cooking. Sampling conducted by the City’s Scientific[…]
LOCAL Cape Town residents in parts of the eastern, central and southern suburbs are urged to boil their tap water before consuming it or using it to prepare food. The City says frequent power outages has hampered the sludge handling process at the Faure treatment plant. Its water is therefore[…]
The highly infectious Delta variant of Covid-19 has been detected in wastewater at 25 treatment plants in the Western Cape. SA Medical Research Council (SAMRC) scientists said they made the discovery after obtaining reagents to test for the Delta variant. “[The team] detected it as the dominant variant in towns[…]
A layard’s beaked whale appears to have been successfully returned to the deep sea after it was found floundering near the Struisbaai Harbour on the Southern Cape coast, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said on Saturday. NSRI Agulhas duty crew were activated at 3.40pm on Friday afternoon following eyewitness[…]
South Africa’s government remains resolute in working together with affected provinces, municipalities and the private sector to alleviate the impact of on-going drought in parts of the country, the department of water and sanitation (DWS) said on Wednesday. It said while there had been some recovery in large parts of[…]
A senior researcher at the University of the Western Cape Professor Leslie Petrik believes the City of Cape Town is in denial of the state of water contamination in Cape Town for political reasons and warns that the state of pollution in and around the coast is deeply concerning. Professor[…]
It’s official Cape Town, our dam water levels have reached the 84% mark. The Western Cape’s Water Supply System increased significantly after the torrential downpour received last weekend. Capetonians can celebrate the fact that we are out of the Day Zero danger zone. Mother City residents should, however, continue with[…]
After a short teaser of spring weather, winter is back and Cape Town residents can expect two more days of rain this week paired with chilly temperatures. The warmer weather the Mother City received last week will come to an end as both Friday and Saturday are expected to bring[…]
As reported by Eyewitness News, Tierhoek Boerdery first appeared in after the Department of Water and Sanitation found that the farm’s owner didn’t apply for a license before constructing dams. The matter was then brought to the Clanwilliam Regional Court in March 2018 on five charges of water transgression. Following further[…]
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