News/Events

: Mari Macnamara; News; 23 November 2018; Hits: 109

Protests over lack of delivery in Cape Town

A group of Cape Town residents gathered on the steps of the Cape Town Civic Centre following a march through the city-centre to protest a lack of water in their areas.

: Mari Macnamara; News; 23 November 2018; Hits: 136

SABS backs waterless toilets

SABS has come out in full support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s aim to ‘Reinvent the Toilet’ and bring sustainable sanitation solutions to South Africa.

: Estelle Thurtle; News; 21 November 2018; Hits: 155

Mining Industry seeks innovators

An exciting new competition is inviting companies from all sectors, including plumbing, to submit a prototype, product or service they have that can impact the mining industry at the world’s largest mining investment conference on Wednesday 6 February 2019 in Cape Town.

: Estelle Thurtle; News; 21 November 2018; Hits: 179

New toilet makes a splash

With a design based on the Arum Lily a new toilet is set to use just two litres of water per flush.

: Estelle Thurtle; News; 19 November 2018; Hits: 184

The toilet that needs no plumbers

A new plumbing free toilet developed by Sedron with money from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation is set to be trialled in Durban next year.

: Estelle Thurtle; News; 16 November 2018; Hits: 120

Department of Water and Sanitation owed more than R13.1-billion

A report by the Inter-Ministerial Task Team set up in 2017 to resolve the local government debt crisis has warned that municipalities owe The Department of Water and Sanitation a total of R13.1-billion and cautions that this amount is going up.