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Cape Town – An 11-month-old child is in an isolation unit in East London’s Cecilia Makiwane Hospital after being diagnosed with cholera, the Eastern Cape health department said on Monday. Spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo said the child came from Kwampundu village in the Newlands area, north-east of East London, where it was cared for by a grandmother. Officials [...] Johannesburg – The government’s handling of the national water crisis was its most serious blunder in 2010, trade union Solidarity said on Wednesday. “In a country afflicted by a scarcity of water, a fast-growing population and ageing infrastructure, our water predicament has now become a ticking timebomb,” union spokesperson Ilze Nieuwoudt said, listing the government’s top [...] Elise Tempelhoff, Beeld Johannesburg – Food retailer Woolworths says it is extremely concerned about the quality of the country’s water and the influence this has on food security. Noël van Zyl, buying manager at Interfruit, which supplies Woolworths with fresh produce, said on Friday it has become clear over the past 18 months that the country’s water [...] by ordinary citizen, living in Hartbeespoort. I will ignore the idiotic comments made by some myopic minded individuals commenting on ‘Smelly Green Water’. Such comments detract from the real issues and hinder intelligent debate and possible resolution of issues through honest dialog and the whole engagement deteriorates into a green, stinking sludge along with the Harties [...] Environment and Water Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica has apologised to the residents around the Hartbeespoort Dam west of Pretoria for the poor water quality. She visited the area on Wednesday to see the problem for herself and promised swift action in curbing the pollution problem. Sonjica said the polluted water is flowing into the dam from upstream, [...] The contracts of the water service providers who are raking in thousands of rand monthly by transporting water to the drought-stricken communities of Nkomazi Local Municipality, are likely to be cancelled in the near future as the municipality is looking into other cost-effective measures to deliver services. This was revealed by the Deputy Director of Infrastructure, [...] A massive green rush is under way in South Africa, with major energy, construction and finance companies setting up specialised renewable energy units in anticipation of the government finalising the rules of engagement at the end of the year. The government has set a target of 4%, or 1 025MW, of renewable energy installed from private [...] |
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