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Water Dept to meet WC authorities over relaxing water restrictions
Level 6B water restrictions are currently in place, where citizens are required to use 50 litres of water per day.
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DWS to review NMB, CT water restrictions in September
The two cities have implemented water restrictions to lower consumption during the drought crisis in the Cape region.
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Dept to review WC water restrictions after rainy season
This week, the City of Cape Town announced that the average water consumption for the past week has reached a record low of 481 million litres per day.
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Water & Sanitation officials fail to account to Parly for irregular expenditure
Among the expenditure probed by Scopa, is a drought relief event at Melmoth, KwaZulu-Natal, in 2016, at which former President Jacob Zuma was the main speaker.
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Gugile Nkwinti welcomes inquiry into Water & Sanitation Dept
The new Water and Sanitation minister has inherited a department that is in a financial and administrative shamble.
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[WATCH] 5m cubic metres of water released into Misverstand Dam
The National Water and Sanitation Department released water from the Berg River Dam to the Misverstand Dam along the West Coast.
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Misverstand Dam could run out of water by 24 April
The National Department of Water and Sanitation says the Voelvlei Dam is at 13.75% and the Misverstand Dam is at 13.26%, both critically low.
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Vaal Dam reaches full capacity
The Water and Sanitation Department says it is significant as the rest of the country battles with a shortage of water.
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WC farmer facing criminal charges for water transgressions
The Tierhoek Boerdery farmer is accused of building a dam without getting a licence to address safety risks.
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‘Years of leadership instability played major role’ in dept's financial shambles
The Department of Water and Sanitation and its water boards racked up R4.5 billion in irregular expenditure during the 2016/17 financial year.
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Parliament gearing to launch water ministry inquiry
The Department of Water and Sanitation blew its R14 billion budget by R2 billion but met only 28% of its targets.
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Nehawu says strike ongoing despite negotiations
Workers have been on a nationwide strike since last week Thursday. They're demanding that issues be addressed around safety, insourcing and corruption.
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Nehawu: No choice but to act against corruption at Water Dept
Nehawu workers have gone on a nationwide strike after talks deadlocked at the bargaining council on Thursday.
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Nehawu to remain on water strike until demands meet
Talks between the Water and Sanitation Department and the union deadlocked on Thursday.
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[EXCLUSIVE] Dididi community dealing with day zero despite overflowing dam
Eyewitness News visited the Dididi Village outside Thohoyandou where residents say they have been without potable water for at least four months now, even though levels at the nearby Nandoni Dam currently stand at 104%.
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Minister Nkwinti to be urgently briefed on state of Water Dept
Both committees agreed yesterday that a full inquiry should be launched into maladministration and alleged corruption in the department as well as the laying of criminal charges.
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'Water & Sanitation Dept bankrupt, on the brink of collapse'
The Department of Water and Sanitation has overspent its R14 billion budget by R2 billion and the Auditor General has asked it to state whether it is a going concern.
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Water & Sanitation Dept says doing everything to help with WC drought
Department of Water and Sanitation spokesperson Sputnik Ratau says the department has started drilling for water from the Table Mountain Group Aquifer.
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[WATCH] Water dept drills boreholes at Theewaterskloof dam
The Department of Water and Sanitation conducted a site visit at the Theewaterskloof Dam. The Dam is the largest in the Western Cape and is currently at 11,05% full.
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Water Dept warns Gauteng residents against sending bottled water to CT
The Water and Sanitation department’s Sputnik Ratau says Gauteng residents must be careful not to create their own water crisis.
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Water Dept: Day Zero not a concept we base interventions on
Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has said merely pumping money into water projects will not solve the problem.
