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Manus says 44% of Waste Water Treatment Works were found to be non-functional. #WaterEcosystem
- “There is also an undisclosed amount of spilling that’s currently happening which is also a problem when you don’t operate and maintain municipal services as you are supposed to be,” Manus said.
- Manus says about 23% of our households in South Africa do not have access to services that are above RDP level, meaning we sit with a situation where people don’t have services that are acceptable and there is often water supply interruptions. #WaterEcosystem
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Prof #HlengiweMkhize honoured at memorial service https://t.co/dVpohseYOB https://t.co/FNSZnf3NXh
- Leonardo Manus from the Department Water and Sanitation is now delivering the keynote address. He is looking at the challenges regarding the sanitation situation in South Africa. #WaterEcosystem
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- The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the full extent of the vaccine gap between developed and developing economies, and how that gap can severely undermine global health security. President Cyril Ramaphosa said this on Wednesday during the global COVID-19 Summit hosted by United States President Joe Biden on the side lines of the UN Gener... See more
- South Africa administered 187 003 COVID-19 vaccines in the past 24 hours, pushing the total to 16 560 718 doses since the rollout of the vaccination campaign in the country. According to the Department of Health, 110 847 people were fully vaccinated on Wednesday. This means there are now 8 228 296 adults who have fully vaccinated, whil... See more
- South Africa’s updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) will soon be deposited with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This as Cabinet approved the revised NDC, the Climate Bill and SA’s negotiating position for COP26. The NDC represents South Africa's contribution to global efforts to red... See more
- South Africa has called on the United Nations to put the issue of reparations for victims of the slave trade on its agenda. Addressing the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (DDPA), President Cyril Ramaphosa said millions of the descendants of Africans who were sold into slavery remain tra... See more
- The Department of Water and Sanitation has appealed to water consumers to continue using water responsibly after Gauteng’s main source of water supply, the Vaal Dam, continued to decline this week. “Vaal Dam stood at 34.6% last year during the same week. This week, the dam stands at a stable level of 84.6%. This indicates a minor drop f... See more
- KwaZulu-Natal Social Development MEC, Nonhlanhla Khoza, has commended the arrest of a 52-year-old man for allegedly having sexual relations with his daughter for nine years. On Tuesday, Bulwer police traced the man to his workplace after his daughter had opened a case. Khoza had dispatched a team of social workers to KwaMakhongwane in ... See more
- Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Nathi Mthetwa has congratulated senior national women’s football side, Banyana Banyana, on their victory in the first ever Aisha Buhari football cup. Six of Africa’s top ranked teams, including women’s football powerhouses Ghana, Cameroon and Nigeria, competed in the tournament held in Nigeria. Follo... See more
- The memorial service for the late Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Professor Hlengiwe Mkhize, will be held on Thursday. Mkhize passed away on Thursday, 16 September 2021, after she was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2017. She was 69 years old. She died at the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Ce... See more
- Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has expressed shock and sadness at the gruesome murder of a teacher at Heinz Park primary school in Philippi, Western Cape. The teacher was gunned down on the school premises on Tuesday. Motshekga has condemned the number of violent crimes taking place against teachers in schools and else in the... See more
- President Cyril Ramaphosa will participate virtually in the General Debate of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA76). UNGA76 refers to the 76 years of existence of the United Nations, which was established in 1945 in the aftermath of World War II. UNGA76 takes place from 21 - 27 September 2021 under the them... See more
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