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            <description><![CDATA[Amid escalating debt, water utility Rand Water has reduced water supply to the Lesedi local municipality, in Gauteng, by 20%. This is owing to the municipality’s failure to honour several scheduled payments, despite months of engagement between the two parties.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Nedbank Kusini Accelerator Programme is showing how practical enterprise development can help turn an essential service into a source of local economic opportunity. As access to safe, affordable drinking water remains a daily challenge, Nedbank continues to support the development of young entrepreneurs who operate solar-powered water kiosks in underserved communities through its partnership with the Kusini Foundation.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation has expressed concern over water services authorities’ continued non-compliance in submitting and implementing corrective action plans. This undermines commitments from roleplayers to implement the resolutions adopted at the National Water and Sanitation Indaba, said committee chairperson Leon Basson during a briefing on the 2025 Full Green Drop, Blue Drop and No Drop Progress reports.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has unveiled two Water Research Commission (WRC) studies that add to the understanding of the challenges facing South Africa’s rivers, estuaries and oceans. Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Deputy Minister Narend Singh says that the launches of the studies provide scientific substance to a legal framework long in place, showing how science and innovation can help to reimagine a more sustainable future, from the catchment through to the coast.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The City of Johannesburg's final 2026/27 budget still fails to resolve its underlying crisis of infrastructure decline, weak financial management, rising debt and poor service delivery, despite public pressure leading to some meaningful changes in the initial draft budget. In a joint statement released on Wednesday, the Johannesburg Crisis Alliance (JCA), JoburgCAN and WaterCAN said that the budget, adopted against a backdrop of growing concern about the city's financial sustainability, lays bare the deep financial, governance and service delivery challenges confronting the municipality.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA) on Monday confirmed that decant from the Central basin has affected water quality in Boksburg lake. The TCTA operates and maintains three acid mine drainage (AMD) plants on behalf of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS).]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[State-owned Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA) on Monday said that ratings agency Moody has reaffirmed the positive outlook on TCTA’s water infrastructure projects, having moved from s stable to positive outlook in the latest credit opinion, issued on May 27. The projects include the Berg River Voëlvlei augmentation scheme, the Vaal River Eastern sub-system augmentation project, the Komati water scheme augmentation project, the Mokolo Crocodile River (West) water augmentation project, the Berg water project and the Vaal river system.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Africa has no shortage of infrastructure plans or vision; however, infrastructure delivery requires more than ambition: it requires execution, Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister David Mahlobo said in an opinion piece on Monday. Across the continent, governments, regional bodies, development finance institutions and the private sector have produced countless master plans, strategies and policy frameworks aimed at transforming economies through infrastructure-led growth.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <title>Mpumalanga student secures top spot in South African Youth Water competition</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A 17-year-old Grade 11 learner from Sintintile Secondary School, in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, took the top honours and was crowned the national winner of the 2026 South African Youth Water Prize (SAYWP). Sinenhlanhla Sikhulile Nkosi, impressing adjudicators with an innovative project titled ‘Barrier coatings for reducing microplastic release and chemical leaching in plastic containers’, will now represent South Africa at the prestigious Stockholm Junior Water Prize competition in Sweden, in August.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Africa must urgently close the financing gap for water and sanitation investments if the continent is to accelerate progress on sustainable development, climate resilience and economic transformation. This was the message from UN Economic Commission for Africa executive secretary Claver Gatete during a high-level side event on Financing Africa’s Water Investments, held amid the African Development Bank Group 2026 annual meetings from May 25 to 29.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Major milestones have been passed in the establishment of the South African National Water Resources Infrastructure Agency (SANWRIA), and the operationalisation of the new State-owned water agency is steadily progressing. The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on Tuesday said that the new agency’s board of directors has been approved by Cabinet and the official registration of its name now under way.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Specialist South African packaged wastewater treatment plant service provider Calcamite was crowned the winner of industrial software company AVEVA’s Sustainable Impact Award 2026.   The announcement was made on May 21, the final day of AVEVA World 2026, held in Milan, Italy.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa and Botswana are teaming up to monitor water quality and manage invasive aquatic species in the upper Limpopo river basin. Through a memorandum of agreement (MoA), the two countries will cooperate on the joint monitoring of water quality and ensure that the water in the river is safe for drinking, fishing and recreation, while protecting the downstream countries from any water quality impact.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 11:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) will embark on additional and more extensive stakeholder and public consultation and engagement on its proposed Draft Regulations for the Management and Control of Government Waterworks and Surrounding State-Owned Land. The DWS reported extensive public participation and constructive inputs during the public consultation period that closed on April 15, which it is currently working through.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[In South Africa, the water utilities and systems are treated as stepchildren, by the various levels of government, affirmed Association of Water and Sanitation Institutions of South Africa (Awsisa) chairperson and Rand Water chairperson Ramateu Monyokolo, on Wednesday. He was delivering a keynote address on the second day of the Enlit Africa 2026 Conference, being held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Municipalities used water and electricity as cash cows, he highlighted, adding that they did not reinvest in their water (and electricity) systems. They paid everyone on time, except for Eskom and the water boards. Municipalities currently owed water boards a total of R27-billion. One municipality alone owed R9-billion. ]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Water and electricity systems are no longer separate and isolated, but are now intertwined in South Africa and across Africa. So highlighted Siemens South Africa CEO Sabine Dall'Omo, in her keynote address on the second day of the Enlit Africa 2026 conference, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Water needed electricity, she pointed out, for pumping and treating. Water and electricity were both essential to maintain and grow the country's industrial base. The two sectors were rapidly merging.]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <title>CoJ establishes task teams to reduce waste and sewer spillages in river systems</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The City of Johannesburg’s (CoJ’s) Environment and Infrastructure Services Department (EISD), through its Water Quality and Catchment Management Unit, is implementing a series of targeted interventions to clean, rehabilitate and protect rivers and catchments across the city. This emerged during the CoJ’s State of the Rivers in the City workshop, convened on Monday by the EISD, with the aim of briefing the Section 79 Committee on Environment and Infrastructure Services on the status of Johannesburg’s river systems and ongoing interventions.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 14:07:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Proposed Gauteng green-methanol-from-wastewater plant gets $4m funding support</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Emerging market blended finance investment manager Climate Investor Three has, through its affiliate SA-H2 Fund Managers, signed a $4-million development funding agreement with project developer Green eFuels Producers (GeFP) to support the development of a first-of-its-kind green methanol production facility in Gauteng, South Africa. The facility will process about 90 000 t/y of municipal sewage sludge from the Sebokeng Wastewater Treatment Works, in southern Gauteng.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina’s 2026 Budget Vote is one of the “clearest and most significant” policy interventions undertaken to confront South Africa’s deepening water and sanitation crisis. This is the view of Rand Water, Association of Water and Sanitation Institutions in South Africa (Awsisa) and National Water Resources Infrastructure Agency chairperson Ramateu Monyokolo, as outlined in a statement released on Tuesday.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <title>Competition Tribunal greenlights Norfund, Nafasi transaction</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Competition Tribunal has unconditionally approved the Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries’ (Norfund’s) acquisition of a minority interest in South African water company Nafasi Water Technologies. Through this shareholding, Norfund, a Norwegian State-owned development finance institution controlled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on behalf of the Norwegian government, will acquire minority shareholder protections that amount to control.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Water supply across Gauteng could possibly be impacted for nearly two months as State-owned power utility Eskom undertakes planned critical maintenance activities at water utility Rand Water’s Palmiet and Zuikerbosch sites. Simultaneously, Rand Water will leverage the opportunity to carry out its own planned maintenance work, the water utility said in a statement issued on Friday evening.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[To bridge the gap between financial institutions and project developers, Enlit Africa 2026 has introduced a range of programmes that increase awareness of stakeholder concerns and align project developers with investor expectations, says event organiser VUKA Group. The event, which will be held at the Cape Town International Conference Centre from May 19 to 21, brings together stakeholders that shape energy and water infrastructure development. The Project & Investment Network (P&IN) brings together developers, financiers, utilities, government and private sector to move Africa’s project pipeline forward. ]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Zambia and Zimbabwe bilateral organisation the Zambezi River Authority says the Kariba Dam Rehabilitation Project (KDRP) is about 94% complete and remains on course for completion by the end of the fourth quarter of the year. The only work remaining is the spillway refurbishment project, which will restore and improve the reliability, safety and functionality of the Kariba dam’s spillway system.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Water users are being urged to register or update their water use information as part of a nationwide effort to strengthen the management and protection of South Africa’s water resources. The 90-day registration period started on April 24 for all water users who are not registered or whose details are outdated.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The future of mining in South Africa will not only depend on the discovery of new mineral deposits or the attraction of new capital, but also on whether a governance framework can be established in which water security, environmental protection and economic development reinforce one another, said Rand Water and the Association of Water and Sanitation Institutions of South Africa (Awsisa) chairperson Ramateu Monyokolo.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Dissolved air flotation (DAF) is gaining traction as a post-biological polishing step in municipal wastewater treatment, improving effluent consistency by removing fine solids, algae and nutrient loads that conventional clarification often misses under variable conditions, says water technology company Xylem strategy and marketing manager Chetan Mistry. It is well established as an effective post-biological polishing step, particularly for the removal of fine suspended solids, algae and particulate-bound nutrients such as phosphorus.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <description><![CDATA[As South Africa grapples with mounting water stress, innovative approaches to waste management are emerging as crucial aspects of water conservation, with integrated waste management solutions company Interwaste commercial director Shoba Govender noting that it is leveraging its engineered landfills and effluent treatment capabilities to transform contaminated liquid waste into reusable water. She explains that, although landfills are a last resort, they are still necessary in integrated waste management practices. Engineered landfills are capital intensive and specifically designed to hold characterised waste types authorised for disposal. When rainfall interacts with? the waste body, it generates leachate – contaminated liquid that could potentially pollute soil and groundwater.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <description><![CDATA[There is increased evidence that extracellular DNA (exDNA) - genetic material released from bacteria killed during the water treatment process – may act as a previously underappreciated reservoir of antibiotic resistance, with researchers from Stellenbosch University finding evidence of genetic material from two major bacterial groups, commonly known to exhibit high-risk resistance profiles, in wastewater samples from Tshwane, Gauteng.  This has raised fresh concerns about how antimicrobial resistance moves through ecosystems and into human populations.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has noted, with concern, the release of the 2025 Green Drop report and the progress assessment reports from the Blue and No Drop programmes by the Department of Water and Sanitation on March 31.  The 2025 Green Drop report indicates a lack of improvement in the condition of wastewater systems in the country.  While 22 Green Drop certifications were achieved in 2022, that number plummeted to 14 in 2025. The levels of wastewater systems performing at “excellent” or “good” levels dropped from 14% in 2022 to 8% in 2025.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Water utility company Rand Water last month met with representatives of the Democratic Alliance (DA), led by DA MP Stephen Moore, as well as a small delegation of other public representatives from municipalities supplied by Rand Water, as part of ongoing engagements aimed at strengthening cooperation, transparency and shared understanding across institutions involved in the water supply value chain. The engagement focused on key operational aspects of Rand Water’s bulk water supply system and provided an opportunity for the DA delegation to receive a comprehensive briefing on the organisation’s infrastructure, regulatory framework and operational processes.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The longest bridge in Lesotho, and a critical component of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) Phase II, is officially being inaugurated by King Letsie III, along with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Lesotho Prime Minister Sam Matekane on Wednesday. The 825 m Senqu bridge, along with the Mabunyane and Khubelu bridges, ensures that communities in Mokhotlong district retain access to the national road network as the Polihali reservoir fills to its full supply level.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[South African water company Nafasi Water Technologies has secured undisclosed investment from the Norwegian Fund For Developing Countries (Norfund), complementing a follow-on investment by existing shareholder E Squared Investments. The investments will support the development of a sustainable platform for water infrastructure projects focused on catchment rehabilitation in mining-impacted regions, the scaling of water reuse and the company’s advancement of technologies for complex water reclamation and waste beneficiation.]]></description>
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