South Africa’s water custodian, the DWS, in its Annual Performance Plan for 2023/24 to 2025/26 published on 2 May, 2023, indicates that factors that have long hampered the water sector include poor maintenance in existing infrastructure; recurring droughts driven by climatic variation; inequities...
The economy of South Africa is beset by poverty and inequality, considerable unemployment, carbon-intensive, water insecurity and slow GDP growth. Furthermore, the COVID-19 epidemic has caused the economic crisis to worsen further and emphasizes the need for a new development strategy to spur ...
Context: This paper explores evidence-based indicators of the National Water Policy Review (NWPR, 2013) among households in the Mthatha River catchment of the Oliver Regina (OR) Tambo District Municipality, one of the rural areas of South Africa. Data source & Method: A total number of 420...
Water PolicyPoor Service DeliveryJudicial InterventionIn South Africa, a lot of people are unable to access clean water despite the fact that the Constitution provides that everyone is entitled to have access to adequate clean water. Although, generally, water resource is scarce in South Africa, a...
In South Africa, sustainable access to clean and safe water is a constitutional right of all citizens (Mckenzie, 2012) and according to the National Development Plan (NDP) 2030, the South Africa Government initiation plan to ensure that all citizens have access to clean running water in their...
"The causes of stunting include poor access to essential health services. When a child is ill, he or she needs to be quickly cared for at a healthcare center. There needs to be clean water at the home, there needs to be adequate sanitation because these can also cause illness," she sa...
The water sector in South Africa is faced with numerous challenges, among which include; increased flooding and prolonged droughts caused by increased clim
South Africa falls between India and China in that it has a large number of rural people without access to electricity (roughly 60% of South African households), but also a strong demand for electricity particularly for the mining industry. South Africa’s coal reserves are large − 28 billi...
Renewable energy refers to the utilization of resources replenished by nature on a human timescale, including sunlight, wind, the movement of water, and geothermal heat. The South African renewable energy market considers the total installed capacity of renewable energy sources in South Africa, which...
Water is critical for containing the spread of COVID-19 infection (WHO, 2020). As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the countries, the importance of access to clean water and sanitation is increasing and demand for water is growing (Matheswaran, 2020). Changing climate and resultant ...