• News
  • Sport
  • TV
  • Radio
  • Education
  • TV Licences
  • Contact Us

For all official information and updates regarding COVID-19, visit the South African Department of Health's website at www.sacoronavirus.co.za

No Result
View All Result
  • SOUTH AFRICA
  • POLITICS
  • BUSINESS
  • SPORT
  • AFRICA
  • WORLD
  • SCI-TECH
  • LIFESTYLE
  • FEATURES
  • OPINION
Home South Africa

Government to assist W Cape residents in water crisis

26 January 2018, 7:36 PM  |
SABC SABC |  @SABCNews
The Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane told journalists in parliament that a number of government projects such as desalination of water have already began.

The Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane told journalists in parliament that a number of government projects such as desalination of water have already began.

Image: sabc

The Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane told journalists in parliament that a number of government projects such as desalination of water have already began.

Government says it is working hard to come up with mechanisms to ensure that the water crisis in the Western Cape is addressed in a best possible manner.  Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane told journalists in Parliament that a number of government projects such as desalination of water have already began in earnest.

Mokonyane says her department has joined hands with various stakeholders including the private sector to come up with a collective effort.

“We are reviewing the water use licences for the water waste management and water plants so that we can re-use.  There are four things that we need to focus on, the first one is around the behavioural change, and it’s around the re-use of water and the exploration of water ground in a responsible manner.  It is about compliance with restrictions as they are being introduced, it is also looking around at other methods that can be introduced to reduce the levels of water leaks in some of our own areas,” says Mokonyane.

Western Cape Premier Helen Zille on Monday said she wrote to President Jacob Zuma asking that he declare the water crisis a national disaster. This after dam levels dropped to 27.6%.

Zille met with Disaster Management Teams from the province and nationally to co-ordinate a disaster plan.

Zille said disaster teams – including the SANDF and the police – have been holding weekly meetings since the beginning of last year as the drought tightened its hold on the province. She stressed that over 50 % of the residents of Cape Town are failing to keep to the water restrictions.

She added that even with the augmentation schemes of desalination and aquifers added to the system, there still won’t be enough water.

Related video click below:

Share article
Tags: Western CapeWater Crisis
Previous Post

Play stopped on ‘dangerous’ Wanderers pitch

Next Post

Zille not a meteorologist nor a Scientist: SAWS

Related Posts

A general view of a burning warehouse during violence and looting in Durban, July 14, 2021.

SA marks first anniversary of the July unrest

4 July 2022, 5:30 AM
EMS vehicles outside the Enyobeni tavern where 21 people died.

Preparations underway for victims of Enyobeni tavern tragedy

4 July 2022, 4:01 AM
Two bodies of sisters were recovered after their floating bodies were found at Hermanus beach in the Western Cape.

Bodies of two sisters recovered after drowning in Hermanus

3 July 2022, 9:38 PM
File image: A lightbulb glows

Civilians cautioned of directing traffic during blackouts

3 July 2022, 8:56 PM
Socio-Economic Rights Institute of SA (SERI) conducting a workshop entitled “Taking Back Democracy: From Marikana to Makhanda.” n Saturday with family members of slain Marikana Miners.

President Ramaposa expected to account for orchestrating Marikana massacre

3 July 2022, 8:28 PM
Six months since the burning of the National Assembly on January 3rd 2022, investigations continue.

Investigations continue six months after the National Assembly was gutted by fire

3 July 2022, 6:14 PM
Next Post

Zille not a meteorologist nor a Scientist: SAWS

Most Viewed

  • 24hrs
  • Week
  • Month
  • EMS says fire at Bree Street Taxi Rank in Johannesburg has been extinguished
  • The public has until 18 May to make submissions on Icasa’s regulations for extension of expiry period for data, airtime
  • ANC NEC expected to hold a special meeting on Sunday
  • Eastern Cape flood victims plead for support as access to food, services remains difficult
  • Amathole Regional Secretary elated to have corruption charges against him dropped
  • Interpol arrests suspect for swindling US citizens millions of dollars
  • Missing Soweto boy’s body found at Eldorado Park wastewater plant
  • Police close investigation into Enyobeni tavern tragedy
  • Taxi commuters to pay an additional R5 in fare from Friday
  • LISTICLE: Enyobeni Tavern saga – What we know
  • Interpol arrests suspect for swindling US citizens millions of dollars
  • East London police search for clues that led to tavern death; calls to revoke tavern’s licence 
  • UPDATE: At least 17 people killed in an East London tavern stampede
  • SANTACO and NTA calls on COSATU to join the national shutdown over the hiking fuel prices
  • NTA yet to decide whether to support calls for national shutdown amid fuel price hikes

LATEST

Football player playing with the ball.
  • Sport
  • Soccer

African Cup of Nations finals moved to January 2024


Spain's Rafael Nadal in action during his third round match against Italy's Lorenzo Sonego.
  • Sport

Nadal steps over the mark as he gives Sonego a dressing down


Ukrainian servicemen walk near a destroyed bridge as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues.
  • World

Ukraine withdraws from battered Lysychansk city; Russia claims major victory


A general view of a burning warehouse during violence and looting in Durban, July 14, 2021.
  • South Africa

SA marks first anniversary of the July unrest


Ghana's President Nana Akufo Addo, ECOWAS Commission President Jean-Claude Kassi Brou and Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara attend the ECOWAS summit to discuss transitional roadmap for Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea, in Accra, Ghana, July 3, 2022.
  • Africa

West African leaders lift economic and financial sanctions on Mali


EMS vehicles outside the Enyobeni tavern where 21 people died.
  • South Africa

Preparations underway for victims of Enyobeni tavern tragedy


Weather

  • About the SABC
  • Contact Us
  • Jobs
  • Advertise
  • Disclaimer
  • Site Map

SABC © 2022

No Result
View All Result
  • SOUTH AFRICA
  • POLITICS
  • BUSINESS
  • SPORT
  • AFRICA
  • WORLD
  • SCI-TECH
  • LIFESTYLE
  • FEATURES
  • OPINION

© 2022

Previous Play stopped on ‘dangerous’ Wanderers pitch
Next Zille not a meteorologist nor a Scientist: SAWS