Taxi ranks get sanitising booths

Tshwane taxi ranks get sanitising booths to fight coronavirus Pretoria – Sanitising booths and hands free sanitising points have been added as an extra layer in the bid to stave off the coronavirus at Tshwane taxi ranks.  Gauteng MEC for…

COVID – 19 Portal

The Covid-19 South African Online Portal contains information about the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the disease it causes, plus statistics on its spread in SA and related government press releases. Visit the Portal

We’re doing it again!!

E – WASTE RECYCLING DAY 22 February 2020 From 8h00 to 11h00 Drop off your e-waste at The Atrium, Glenwood Road (Cnr Ingersol rd), Lynnwood Glen on Saturday 22nd February. Anything that uses a plug or a battery, eg fridges,…

Minutes: 20 January 2020

The MAP Forum Minutes: A simple, comprehensive guide on our quarterly meetings: Minutes MAP meeting 16 Jan 2020

08112019_Roodeplaat Dam Presentation

Addressing the causal loop through an integrated approach of applying six interventions. Packaging it toward a Gold Standard Project. 08112019_Roodeplaat Dam Presentation-compressed

Poor water man. risks land reform

If South Africa\’s water resources are poorly managed, it will not only be commercial farmers who will suffer. Professor Andries Jordaan, a research fellow at the University of the Free State, reckons that new farmers will end up suffering the…

2023 ROWING COMPETITION

The 1st ever World Masters Regatta in Africa will be held at Roodeplaat Dam in September 2023. The MAP Forum is working with the City to have the Dam in tip-top shape in time for the competition. We’re looking forward…

Demand for COT potable water

“Potable water” simply means water that is safe to drink, and it is becoming scarcer in the world. Increasing use is stressing freshwater resources worldwide, and a seemingly endless list of contaminants can turn once potable water into a health hazard…

Global Warming of 1.5 °C

This Report responds to the invitation for IPCC ‘… to provide a Special Report in 2018 on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways’ contained in the Decision of the…

Drinking Water

We often get questions about the hardness of drinking water, the amount of salt you should add to your dishwasher, fluoride in our water – and even the quality of our water. Here are some general points to consider. How…

Fresh water management

The biggest threat to South African water security is not the availability of water but the price of developing enough sources, according to Dr Beason Mwaka, a director at the Department of Water Affairs. Mwaka was speaking on Wednesday, the…

Hydrogen-powered buses

Industry experts have welcomed news that some of the Gautrain buses are to be powered by hydrogen instead of diesel. Hydrogen is seen as a clean alternative to fossil fuels, which are accelerating climate change. There are plans to introduce…