Tag: drought
Adelaide Desalination Plant – tips for Cape Town?
Desalination technology has been around for many years and is not the panacea but part of the solution including ground water extraction, rainwater harvesting...
Decline in wheat production will not affect food prices
South African wheat production for the 2017/18 season is expected to decline by 23percent as compared to the previous season, mainly due to poor...
Cape Town drought charge as early as February
Following the City of Cape Town’s extended call for public comment on the proposed tax levy yesterday, the City maintains that a drought charge...
Sapoa concerned about funding Cape Town water projects
The South African Property Owners Association (Sapoa) is concerned that the City of Cape Town is not receiving the necessary income needed to fund projects for emergency water supply augmentation projectsthat...
Cape Town digs deep to mitigate drought
In a bid to stave off Day Zero, the City of Cape Town is drilling its aquifers to abstract groundwater, which are expected to...
Drought charge should be paid by the City, not the victims
The Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry says there is no justification for the drought charge the City Council wants to introduce to compensate...
Get ready to pay extra ‘drought charge’
Households will soon be paying between R45 and R60 extra every month as part of a drought levy, if mayor Patricia de Lille has...
‘Drought continues to dry up the Cape’s GDP – Standard bank
Continuous lowering of Western Cape's dam levels has affected the agricultural sector horrifically, consequently impacting negatively on province's Gross Domestic Product.
Penny Byrne...
PROXA takes practical steps to help big business adapt to water scarcity
The drought facing the Western Cape is reaching critical levels. According to CEO at Agri Western Cape, Carl Opperman, this is the worst situation...
49 percent of Cape Town business says drought is becoming a threat to their...
Nearly 49 percent of businesses in Cape Town say the drought and the water crisis has now become a threat to their survival, according...
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