Last week’s controversial decision to stop the LagoonBay Lifestyle Estate project near George in the southern Cape may have far-reaching consequences for further golf estate developments throughout the country. [...]
Last week’s controversial decision to stop the LagoonBay Lifestyle Estate project near George in the southern Cape may have far-reaching consequences for further golf estate developments throughout the country. [...] South Africans must brace themselves for steep water tariff increases in the coming months,water experts have warned. [...] CAPE TOWN has in the past year experienced one of its worst rainfall figures in almost 90 years,and a sustained drought could deplete the region’s fresh water supply. [...] There are many things that can be said with certainty. That SA will come to face a water crisis in less than one decade is certain! [...] As aging infrastructure and a wasteful attitude are to blame for much of the Cities water concerns it is still surprising that the city is still not trying to tackle the issue of water and sanitation at the cause of the problem. [...] The report,which was drawn up by a range of experts and was ready in October last year,has been kept secret for reasons not yet explained by the water affairs ministry [...] South African metropolitan areas are heading for a major water crisis by 2020,a former director general of the Department of Water Affairs has warned. Mike Muller,who now serves as an adjunct professor at the University of the Witwatersrand and sits on the national planning commission,said at a Water and Energy Forum in [...] Experts warned yesterday that the failure of water management in South Africa would have a devastating effect on the economy,unless business and the government implemented innovative measures to ensure that water quality [...] The National Treasury has doubled the budget for the Water and Environmental Affairs Department to R1.6 billion for 2011. Another R6.6 billion will be invested in infrastructure development over the next three years. [...] deputy director-general for water resources infrastructure,Cornelius Ruiters,said of the 359 dams owned by the department,161 needed “rehabilitation [...] | ||
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