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 | 26 March 2019 | Eastern Cape | Buffalo City | Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality | Buffalo City | Water | General |
Public toilets in shambles
| Buffalo City Municipality ablution facilities are left in ruin by vandals | BCM Municipality has responded to the article | Newspaper |
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 | 26 March 2019 | South Africa | | | National | Water | Water availability |
Water crises sweep the country
| South Africa is set to face serious water shedding and shorting | DWS Communication Services to respond with a letter to the editor | Newspaper |
744
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 | 26 March 2019 | South Africa | | | National | Water | Water Security |
Water security ''more important than power''
| Experts say more investment is needed in advanced water treatment technology to assure water security | For Noting | Newspaper |
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 | 25 March 2019 | South Africa | | | National | Water | Water quality |
Water Polluters to be punished
| The Minister of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), Gugile Nkwinti said his department would take tough stance on those who continue to pollute rivers across the country. | For Noting | Newspaper |
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 | 20 March 2019 | Western Cape | Eden | Oudtshoorn | Oudtshoorn | Water | Water Security |
Water plan to save Oudtshoorn
| A water project by DWS as well as the Municipality of Oudtshoorn to save the Karoo town is on the cards | For Noting | Newspaper |
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 | 20 March 2019 | South Africa | | | National | Water | Water Security |
SAHRC Investigates water crisis in terms of Human rights violations
| The South African rights Commission (SAHRC) in investigating human rights violations in relation to water provision | For Noting | Newspaper |
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 | 19 March 2019 | South Africa | | | National | Water | Water Security |
National Water Week highlights the importance of sustaining water
| The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) marks National Water Week from 17-24 March to highlight the importance of water | For Noting | Newspaper |
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 | 18 March 2019 | South Africa | | | National | Water | Water Security |
WRC,DWS Launch new satellite observation project
| The Water Research Commission (WRC) and the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) released a report showing the potential of a new project to monitor cyanobacteria blooms and eutrophication in South Africa's fresh water bodies | For Noting | Newspaper |
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 | 18 March 2019 | Gauteng | City of Tshwane | City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality | Hammanskraal | Water | Water quality |
Solution in sight for Pretoria North Water woes-MEC
| Substandard drinking water has been a reality for thousands of residents in areas such as Hammanskraal in the North of Tshwane | City of Tshwane has responded to the article | Newspaper |
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 | 15 March 2019 | Eastern Cape | Nelson Mandela Bay | Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality | Port Elizabeth | Water | Water Security |
Residents demand action
| About 300 residents in Kamvelihle, Port Elizabeth barricaded roads with burning tyres demanding water and electricity | Nelson Mandela Municipality has responded to the article | Newspaper |
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 | 15 March 2019 | South Africa | | | National | Water | Infrastructure development |
This why we don't have water
| The writer assesses South Africa's Water Management System and pinpoints a number of challenges that the country is confronted with regarding water supply and sewage disposal | The article is noted however DWS is addressing the challenged | Newspaper |
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 | 14 March 2019 | South Africa | | | National | Water | Water quality |
Department refutes claims SA water not safe to drink
| The Department of water and Sanitation (DWS) says South Africa's tap water is safe to drink following media reports in which an online travel company alleged otherwise | For Noting | Newspaper |
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 | 14 March 2019 | Western Cape | City of Cape Town | City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality | Cape Town | Water | Service Interruption |
City advises of water supply disruptions in Somerset West area
| The City of Cape Town's Water and Sanitation Unit will be conducting a bulk meter installation at the Somerset West Reservoir that will result in water interruptions in the area | For Noting | Newspaper |
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 | 13 March 2019 | Gauteng | City of Tshwane | City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality | Atteridgeville | Sanitation | Infrastructure development |
Atteridgeville family fad up with drains leaking raw sewage in their yard
| The Mojapelo family in Atteridgeville want the municipality to remove drains inside their yard in Mhlanga street and put them outside. | DWS regional office to liaise with the City of Tshwane to resolve the matter. | Newspaper |
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 | 13 March 2019 | South Africa | | | National | Water | Infrastructure development |
Motshekga promises to replace 3898 pit latrines in schools within 3 years
| basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says her department will eradicate the remaining 3898 pit latrines in the country's schools within the next three years | For Noting | Newspaper |
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 | 13 March 2019 | Gauteng | City of Tshwane | City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality | Hammanskraal | Water | Water quality |
Hammanskraal water safety alarm
| The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has taken the City of Tshwane to court because it failed to comply with its regulation to provide clean and safe water to residents. | The City of Tshwane has responded to the article | Newspaper |
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 | 11 March 2019 | Eastern Cape | Sarah Baartman | Sundays River Valley | Sundays River Valley | Water | General |
Boy's body found in irrigation canal
| A 10 Years old boy Amahle Majika has drowned in a canal that channels water to farmers in Addo in the Sundays River Valley Municipality | Municipality has responded to the article | Newspaper |
719
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 | 11 March 2019 | North West | Bojanala | Rustenburg | Rustenburg | Water | Infrastructure development |
Rustenburg turns a new leaf on service delivery
| The Rusternburg Municipality in the North West which has headlines for its failing service delivery has launched the ReDirelaSechaba programme in order to improve services that it offers to the community | Foe Noting | Newspaper |
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 | 11 March 2019 | Limpopo | Mopani | Greater Giyani | Giyani | Water | Water availability |
Clean Water for 90% of Limpopo by next year
| Premier of Limpopo Province, Chupu Mathabatha, has announced during the State of the Province address that he has set a target to provide 90% of the province 's population with clean and portable water by next year | For Noting | Newspaper |
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 | 08 March 2019 | Eastern Cape | Alfred Nzo | Matatiele | Matatiele | Water | General |
4 Children drown,2 missing in flash flood
| four Matatiele children were swept to their death whilst crossing the Mgxojeni river and two more are still missing | Matatiele Mayor has responded to the article | Newspaper |
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 | 08 March 2019 | Western Cape | City of Cape Town | City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality | Cape Town | Water | General |
City of Cape Town owed nearly R10bn in unpaid rates and bills by residents
| capetonians owe the city of Cape town more than R9,887billion in unpaid rates and services bills | For Noting | Newspaper |
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 | 07 March 2019 | Eastern Cape | Sarah Baartman | Makana | Makana | Water | Drought |
Makhanda: The day the taps ran dry
| Residents of Makhanda under the Makana Local Municipality have to deal with water cuts as dams levels remain critically low due to drought in the area | DWS has allocated funds for drought alleviation in the area | Newspaper |
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 | 06 March 2019 | Eastern Cape | Sarah Baartman | Kouga | Kouga | Water | General |
Kouga looks at new road repair solutions
| Mayor of Kouga Local Municipality delivering the state of the municipality address said they are to receive a drought relief funding of R151m from DWS | For Noting | Newspaper |
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 | 05 March 2019 | Free State | Thabo Mofutsanyane | Maluti a Phofung | Maluti a Phofung | Water | Water Security |
Political instability worsening Phuthaditjhaba's water shortage
| The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS)' regional office in the Free State says it is of the view that political instability at the Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality is worsening the water crisis in Phuthaditjhaba (Qwaqwa) | For Noting | Newspaper |
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 | 05 March 2019 | Eastern Cape | Amathole | Ngqushwa | Ngqushwa | Water | Water Security |
Deputy Minister has no truck with water theft
| Deputy Minister of the Department of Water and Sanitation, Pamela Tshwete, speaking in Peddie has warned municipal workers who are allegedly vandalizing water infrastructure so that truck drivers can sell the water for R800 | For Noting | Newspaper |
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