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Court confirms that municipalities may regulate on environmental matters too

Africa has been plagued by conflicts since the colonial era, and long thereafter. In the period between the 1960s and the 1990s, 48 African countries experienced about 80 violent changes of...

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Under the Constitution, the national and provincial legislative authorities are specifically vested with the power to pass legislation regarding environmental issues. Local government, on the...

Ethiopia's answer to aid dependency: The flower export industry

ZimFund launches $30m water supply and sanitation initiative

The concept of economic development has been, and remains, highly debated on a global scale. Development economics aims to incorporate all social, political and environmental dimensions into...

AfDB: Statement by the African Development Bank, regional multilateral development bank, African Water Facility increases access to water supply, sanitation and fights cholera in Zimbabwe (07/03/2013)

Work at the first development project under the African Development Bank-managed Zimbabwe Multi-Donor Trust Fund’s (ZimFund’s) $29.65-million Urgent Water Supply and Sanitation Rehabilitation...

SA: Statement by the Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements, unhappy about department's under-spending (27/02/2013)

Funded by the African Water Facility (AWF) to the amount of US $3 million, the project designed to rehabilitate the water supply and sewerage systems in Chitungwiza will be handed over today to the...

IFP: Statement by Petros Sithole, IFP Spokesperson on Human Settlements, IFP calls for the immediate removal of the Minister of Human Settlement Tokyo Sexwale (12/02/2013)

Today, the Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements slammed the slow pace of spending of the Urban Settlements Development Grant (USDG) by the Nelson Mandela Bay and Buffalo City Metropolitan...

Water wars: From treaties to privatisation, a danger looming over Africa?

The IFP calls for the immediate removal of the Minister of Human Settlements, Hon Tokyo Sexwale as he is consistently failing in his duties as Minister.

DA: Statement by Annette Lovemore, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Basic Education, calling for Parliament to urgently debate dysfunctional schools (26/09/2012)

With the recent publication of a United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) report on climate-induced migration and its linkages to environmental and human security, the narrative around...

Tapping into South Africa’s Water (August 2012)

The statement by the CEO of the Federation of Governing Bodies of South African Schools that close to 90% of schools are dysfunctional confirms the need for an urgent parliamentary debate on the...

Infrastructure, women and economic growth: How infrastructure has the power to empower

The Department of Water Affairs (DWA) is responsible for the management of water in South Africa and is divided into two key or main functions, namely Water Resource Management and Water Services...

Freshwater under Threat – Pacific Islands (April 2012)

It has been noted that ample infrastructure is a key component of productivity and economic growth,(2) particularly for developing countries. The implementation of adequate infrastructure would...

Off-track, Off-target – Why investment in water, sanitation & hygiene is not reaching those who need it most (November 2011)

Climate change will exacerbate water stress in Pacific Islands, particularly small islands that rely on seasonal rain for their freshwater needs, according to a report released by the UN...