Tag: drought
Cape Town residents fined for not complying with Level 6B restriction
Cape Town law enforcement officials have issued R4 000 in fines to residents who have failed to comply with the new level 6B water...
Cape Town ‘Day Zero’ pushed back to 2019 as dams fill up in South...
Drought-stricken Cape Town has pushed back its estimate for “Day Zero,” when taps in the city run dry and people start queuing for water,...
Cape Wine industry reeling from drought
The farming community in the Winelands is experiencing the worst drought many can remember. The Cape Messenger spoke to Gary Baumgarten, Managing Director of Anthonij Rupert...
A liquid blanket; by WaterGuard
WaterGuard is a unique liquid which spreads over the surface of water to form a very thin film and reduce evaporation.
How does...
R6bn set aside for drought ‘disaster’
Agriculture sector lobby groups have welcomed the declaration of drought as a national state of disaster and said they expected farmers to benefit from...
South Africa to investigate water ministry amid severe drought
South Africa's parliament will conduct an inquiry into allegations of mismanagement at the water ministry, a senior lawmaker said on Friday, as the country's...
How Cape Town’s water crisis could affect salaries
Unless there is drastic intervention either through unprecedented massive early winter rainfall, or the extraction of ground water and desalination of seawater on a...
W Cape gets even tougher on enforcing water restriction laws
The Department of Water and Sanitation in the Western Cape is rolling out phase two of the enforcement and monitoring blitz as part of...
New President’s SONA address like drought-breaking rain
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address was like a week of cool, drought-breaking rain, says the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
“The...
Slight increase in dam levels
There has been a slight increase in South Africa’s dam levels after light rains were experienced across the country this week.
According to...
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