Ndlambe Municipality and the public at large have become victims of serial metal thieves who have damaged water infrastructure for the QFS reverse osmosis (RO) plant. QFS director Musa Ndlovu said thieves had vandalised the valves on the…
Members of the Port Alfred and Nemato Infrastructure Concerns (Panic) group handed over a memorandum of grievances and demands regarding the municipal water supply to Ndlambe municipal manager Rolly Dumezweni outside the Port Alfred Civic…
Members of the Port Alfred and Nemato Infrastructure Concerns (Panic) group staged a demonstration outside the Port Alfred Civic Centre on Tuesday morning, November 23, just before the inauguration of the new Ndlambe council. Residents…
It is understandable that residents are questioning the timing of the complete outage in Port Alfred’s water supply since the new 2ML seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant was meant to have gone online last week. Many noted that we…
In a press statement this morning, Amatola Water announced it would be fixing a major leak in the RO plant pipeline under the Bushmen’s River crossing today. “Water will then be switched off for two hours while the leak is being fixed…
After the absence of a report from the Ndlambe Municipality Joint Operations Committee (JOC) for several weeks, the Port Alfred Business Forum has released a statement on the water crisis, with a summary of interventions over the past…
There’s no end in sight for Port Alfred’s water woes soon as the reverse osmosis plant (RO) project has been delayed again by more than a month. The plant was originally scheduled to be completed by the end of January, but this was pushed…
The community of ward 3 and 4 (Kenton, Bushman’s, Marselle & Klipfontein is experiencing severe water shortages due to breakdowns at the Albany Coast Water Treatment Plant, operated by the Amatola Water Board in Bushman’s. The breakdowns…
Ndlambe municipality announced a revised water schedule today, indicating that water will be switched off in the entire Port Alfred for 24-hour periods every second day due to critically low water levels at Sarel Hayward Dam, Port…
Sarel Hayward Dam is at a critical 3.7% capacity The current water situation in Ndlambe is as follows: Port Alfred: The Sarel Hayward Dam is at a critical 3.7% capacity. Water supply is being augmented through the central boreholes and…
The present water situation: The Sarel Hayward Dam (supplying water to Port Alfred) and the Golden Ridge Dam (supplying water to Bathurst) are at critically low levels due to drought conditions. Water is no longer flowing over the weir at…
Human settlements, water and sanitation minister Lindiwe Sisulu has pleaded with protesters to end road blockades, violence and sabotage of infrastructure over the King Cetshwayo District’s decision to not renew its contract with a…
Makhanda (Grahamstown) was our canary in a coalmine. Their water crisis started long ago, ours is in its early stages. Ndlambe Municipality has sent out occasional notices reminding residents that we have a water shortage and are on…
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 RATIONING WILL COMMENCE Makana Municipality has warned that dam levels in Makhanda West (Grahamstown) are at a critical level, despite recent rain. The municipality said as of measurements on Monday April 8, the Howiesonspoort Dam…
