Johannesburg – There could be a shortage of clean water if South Africans do not work to conserve it, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa said on Monday
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BULAWAYO residents have resorted to hoarding water to deal with the many days they go without supplies as the water situation in the city remains critical.
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Harare needs more than US$2,5 billion to start its proposed water augmentation programme that will ensure that residents have uninterrupted supplies as the city spent the past week without supplies to most suburbs.
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Millions of people do not have access to proper sanitation and in South African schools the situation is especially dire.
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HUMAN Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale hopes that the current national sanitation backlog of 2.278-million households will be eradicated by December next year, but critics believe this target is unrealistic and the minister himself has cast doubt upon it.
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South African companies seem to be particularly exposed to water-related risks with 71% of respondents in the Carbon Disclosure Project’s (CDP’s) Water Disclosure Report 2012 indicating that they have experienced financially material water-related impacts.
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Telecommunications group Vodacom on Thursday unveiled its latest initiative to minimise the environmental impact of its head office, in Midrand.
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