After weeks of good rainfall in the catchment and in the town, Makhanda was in a flurry on Monday October 16 as speculation grew that Settlers Dam could soon overflow for the first time in about eight years. It did – but the town’s…
Three out of four water trucks in Eastern Cape town are in for repairs From TimesLive NOMBULELO DAMBA-HENDRIK Families in drought-stricken Dutywa are drinking filthy water from roadside drains because three out of the four water trucks…
Following several requests for more information, Talk of the Town is reissuing the water restrictions for your general information. These are the regulations first issued in December last year and still in force. In terms of Section 4 of…
REPORT ON WATER CRISIS Ndlambe has been experiencing drought conditions for the past two years. At the end of 2017 the Ndlambe Municipality declared water restrictions in terms of Section 4 of the Water Services Act 108 (of 1997). Notices…
The Eastern Cape government has rejigged its budget and made R74m available for immediate drought relief in the province’s six districts. MEC of rural development and agrarian reform Nomakhosazana Meth announced on Monday that more money…
Department of Water and Sanitation urges all consumers to double their water conservation efforts The combined average of the Eastern Cape Province’s water levels have decreased, from 60.6% to 60.1% this week, the weekly report by the…
Water has been an issue in Ndlambe for a long time, and independent water consultant for the municipality, Justin Wilmot, explained the problems associated with supplying water to the area at the combined Port Alfred Business Forum and…
The parched Karoo received some relief thanks to rain at the weekend – but the drought is by no means broken. “In some areas‚ rivers flowed for the first time in four years – such as the Touws River‚” said Western Cape local government…
A call has gone out for farmers and residents to gather to pray for rain on February 8 at the Settlers Monument in Grahamstown (Makhanda). One of the organisers, Leon Coetzee, said farmers were at the coalface of the drought in the…
More than 30,000 jobs have been lost in the agricultural sector since January 2018 as a result of persistent drought, Agri SA said on Friday. Food and water scarcity posed a risk to sociopolitical stability in the country and a collective…
