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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 [...] Mthatha – Residents of Mthatha in the Eastern Cape are fed up with authorities for failing to fix the city’s water infrastructure, which has had water flowing freely from burst pipes for years now, the Daily Dispatch reported on Wednesday. Ratepayers’ Association of Mthatha (RAM) chairperson Graeme Alexander said the leaks were “frustrating”. “OR Tambo [District Municipality] [...] 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 [...] It goes without saying that we highly recommend that you use organic liquid or powdered soap instead of petroleum based detergents, but did you know that you can also clean your dishes with a mix of baking soda and a basic biodegradable liquid soap? In dishwashers, you can use equal parts borax and washing soda in [...] DURBAN, South Africa — Get paid to pee. That’s the deal on offer in the South African city of Durban, where the city is looking to buy liquid waste to encourage residents to use dry toilets. Aiming to improve hygiene and save money, the port city has installed in home gardens about 90,000 toilets that don’t [...] 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, [...] |
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