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DWS says failure to pay construction firm nothing to do with financial woes
Eyewitness News understands that nearly 500 workers were recently retrenched by engineering company Khato Civils due to government’s non-payment.
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Water Dept's cash crisis leaves Giyani project, workers in lurch
Limpopo based construction company Khato Civils has retrenched nearly 500 employees at the Giyani Bulk Water Project, saying it’s been left with no choice.
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Water & Sanitation Dept gets another qualified audit
The department's annual report reflects a continuing inability to curb unauthorised and irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure and a failure to act against the officials responsible.
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DWS urges Vaal residents to use water sparingly as dam levels drop
Weather forecasters are predicting higher temperatures for the next few days, which will lead to an increase in evaporation and potentially increased usage in households.
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Water Dept concerned over Gauteng's declining dam levels
Damn levels have slipped from 81.2% last week to 80.5% this week.
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Ramaphosa authorises SIU probe into Water Dept, 2 municipalities
President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the SIU to investigate suspected wrongdoing by public servants and persons or entities in the private sector in the awarding of tenders or contracts.
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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%.
