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20 May 2013
 
 
SA: Edna Molewa: Address by the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, at the New Age breakfast, Cape Town (20/05/2013)
SPEECH
Good Morning ladies and gentlemen and thank you very much for accepting our invitation to come and share ideas about the water situation in South Africa. We are meeting at a difficult time...
 
 
24 Oct 2012
 
Chamber of Mines blasted at hearings on water
WATER STRATEGY
The Chamber of Mines was accused of arrogance on Wednesday, and one of its senior executives was warned not to treat MPs as fools. Water Affairs portfolio committee chairperson Johnny de Lange said...
 
 
30 Aug 2012
 
DA: Statement by Gareth Morgan, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, on the cost of short term solution to acid mine drainage (30/08/2012)
STATEMENT
It is already a problem that taxpayers are being forced to pay the bill for fixing the acid mine drainage problem on the Witwatersrand. Last year the Department of Water said the short term...
 
 
26 Jul 2012
 
Decanting acid mine water could be an opportunity
ACID MINE DRAINAGE
Decanting acid mine should be seen as an opportunity in the water-stressed Gauteng region, Professor Frank Winde from the North-West University said on Thursday. Speaking at the yearly...
 
 
19 Jul 2012
 
SA: Statement by the Department of Water Affairs, on Sustainable water supply from the Vaal River System (19/07/2012)
STATEMENT
Efforts to bring the Acid mine drainage (AMD) problem in the Witwatersrand under control are gaining momentum with the short term project currently being implemented while a detailed feasibility...
 
 
09 Jul 2012
 
AMD feasibility study to be completed in 2013
ACID MINE DRAINAGE
A feasibility study to find long-term solutions for acid-mine drainage (AMD) in the Witwatersrand would be completed in February next year, said Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna...
 
 
23 May 2012
 
UASA: Statement by Andre Venter, United Association of South Africa Spokesperson, on acid mine drainage (23/05/2012)
STATEMENT
The trade union UASA is most dissatisfied and somewhat irritated by the fact that next to nothing has been done as such to stop the soon expected decanting of acid mine water in central...
 
 
04 May 2012
 
Improvement in developing suitable EIAs in mining industry
Environmental Law
Major mining houses and established industry players are investing more time and energy in producing good environmental-impact assessments (EIAs) before embarking on a project, says environmental...
 
 
23 Mar 2012
 
News this week
UPDATES
The City of Johannesburg will spend over R100-billion on economic and social infrastructure over the next ten years, City of Johannesburg executive mayor Parks Tau says. To enable Johannesburg to...
 
 
 
 
Daily podcast – March 23, 2012
PODCAST
The City of Johannesburg will spend over R100-billion on economic and social infrastructure over the next ten years, City of Johannesburg executive mayor Parks Tau said, Renegade soldiers said they...
 
 
22 Mar 2012
 
 
 
SA may turn to private sector for help with mine-water pollution
ACID MINE DRAINAGE
The South African government is considering turning to the private sector to help it close the prevailing funding gap to implement projects to deal with the serious acid mine drainage (AMD) problem...
 
 
JHB: Tau: State of the City address, by the mayor, Johannesburg (22/03/2012)
Topics
We all have fond memories and great experiences of this city. We call it by many names, and it represents different things to us.
 
 
20 Mar 2012
 
Minister says short-term AMD plan sufficient, but more needs to be done
ACID MINE DRAINAGE
There is sufficient dilution capacity to ameliorate the untreated acid mine drainage (AMD) and neutralised AMD decanting from basins in the Witwatersrand between now and the end of 2014, Water and...
 
 
03 Feb 2012
 
News this week
UPDATE
Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu calls for sustainable growth and development in the mining sector to “ensure the speedy realisation of government's transformation objectives”. This,...
 
 
02 Feb 2012
 
SA: Shabangu: Address by the Minister of Mineral Resources, at the coal export conference, Cape Town (02/02/2012)
Topics
As you will know, February 2 is an important day in the history of this Republic. It was on this day exactly, 22 years ago, that we as a nation experienced the breakthrough that led to our working...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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