A bill tabled this month would ban private trading in water rights, let government take back unused allocations and put strict limits on mining and forestry in the country’s most important catchments. It could reshape who controls South Africa’s water.…
The new year brought no relief for Johannesburg’s taps. A run of burst pipes, empty reservoirs and a contamination scare shows how far the city’s water network has fallen, and how much it would cost to fix. Any hope that…
The Department of Water and Sanitation has moved against JB Marks Local Municipality after years of complaints about raw sewage flowing from Ikageng into the Mooi River, a source of water for homes, farms and industry in the North West.…