Burst pipe in Jhb North left most of Jhb North without water
Johannesburg Water said its teams are busy with unplanned maintenance at 4th Road and M1, in Killarney. Teams are repairing a burst pipe which has left parts of Jhb North…
8 hour water shutdown in Cape Town
Residents of parts of Cape Town can expect about 8 hours without water, on Thursday, the 30th January 2025, from 9am until 5pm. This is due to planned maintenance in…
The world’s largest repatriation
This story was written by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime A global operation has successfully returned nearly 1000 vulnerable and endangered animals to Madagascar, in what has…
Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit begins today
The Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit begins today, on Monday, the January 27 to 28, 2025, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Government of Tanzania is hosting the event alongside…
Changes in Traffic Accommodation on the N3 between Cato Ridge and Umlaas Road
Construction on the new wider southbound carriageway of the N3 is expected to be completed at the end of January 2025. The southbound traffic is expected to be switched from…
An online session on the killer beetle for residents in Cape Town
Over 5, 700 trees were infected by the killer beetle, the invasive Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer beetle (PSHB) in the Helderberg area, since 2019. Over 400 of these sightings of…
Parts of eThekwini with no water
An assessment into parts of the Southern Aqueduct, is underway, to determine why water is flowing less than it should, in the South and Central Regions of Durban. The eThekwini…
The heat is on
A heatwave is expected to continue over the north-eastern parts of the Eastern Cape, the south-western part of the Free State as well as the central and eastern parts of…
+26m of water losses due to illegal connections in Limpopo
Lepelle Northern Water (LNW) disconnected several villages in Matshelapata, Ga Makanye, Thoka Nobody Ga-Mothiba, Mamahule, and surrounding villages from the system, on Friday, the 24th January 2025. The joint operation…
“Technology on its own isn’t enough”
François Xavier Dubois, Siemens Energy, on Regional Collaboration, Cross-Border Energy Partnerships, and the Need for Speed. Siemens Energy is involved in transformational projects across East Africa. François Xavier Dubois, Head…