South African Tribune

A weekly report on dam levels issued by the Department of Water and Sanitation has shown a minimal increase in Limpopo water levels from last week’s 87% to 87,2% this week. During a similar period last year, the province’s overall storage capacity stood at 86,5%, which is an improvement this…

SAPS welcomes first female special task force (STF) member to complete STF Selection Training ProgrammeA thirty-one-year-old Constable has become the first woman to complete the South African Police Service(SAPS) Special Task Force Selection Training Programme in the history of the organisation. The member with 11 years service is regarded as the…

Intermittent rainfall continues to improve national dam levels as DWS fast-track water infrastructure projects to ensure water security The Department of Water and Sanitation’s weekly state of water reservoirs report demonstrates a minor enhancement in storage. This week, the overall national storage capacity of the country’s reservoirs is at 94.7%, a…

Premier’s Western Cape Energy Council seeks to make province energy resilient.Today Premier Alan Winde hosted the first meeting of his newly-established Energy Council. The meeting was held against the backdrop of the first round of stage 6 load shedding for 2023, not even two weeks into the new year, and…

Water and Sanitation Minister, Senzo Mchunu will on Friday, 13 January 2023, officially recommission Aqueduct 1 and open Reservoir 3 at Umgeni's Durban Heights Water Treatment Plant, in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal.The afore-mentioned water infrastructures were recently refurbished by uMgeni Water, as the Implementing Agent. The Aqueduct 1 and…

Premier Panyaza Lesufi will today, Thursday, 12 January 2023, give an update on the Boksburg gas tanker explosion which took place on 24 December 2022.The tragic incident left suffering among families and society at large as a result of the loss of life and injuries incurred by many bystanders and…