Progress in South Africa. In 1994, about 14 million people (35%) in South Africa didn’t have basic water supply services. The minimum standard of these services is defined as clean, piped water ...

The second phase of Africa’s largest water transfer scheme—the Lesotho Highlands Water Project—has broken ground paving way for construction of a $856-million dam and water transfer tunnel.

Without significant changes in how water is managed, South Africa’s forecasted water deficit of 1.60-billion to 2.70-billion cubic metres by 2030 will continue increasing, impacting on ...

South Africa is inherently water-scarce, receiving an average annual rainfall of 497mm, which is nearly 50% less than the global average. This scarcity is exacerbated by uneven distribution and ...

This year’s Blue Drop Audit report of water quality in South Africa has found that 46% of water supply systems are contaminated and over two thirds of wastewater treatment plants are close to ...

In South Africa’s large metropolitan areas—Johannesburg, Durban, East London, and Cape Town—ensuring a stable and secure water supply has become increasingly complex.

A week ago, a dam in South Africa’s Nelson Mandela Bay was decommissioned as levels dropped too low to extract any actual water. Another is just days away from emptying out. Now much of the city ...

“We became water scarce many years ago, never mind water stressed,” says Neil Macleod, ex-director of water and wanitation at Durban Municipality and now president of the South African Academy of ...

South Africa's manufacturing output rose 0.5% year on year in May, after falling by a revised 6.4% in April, statistics agency data showed on Thursday. Africa category · July 10, 2025 ...