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DA: Statement by Fred Nel, DA Gauteng Spokesperson on Local Government, on crisis of water management in the province (06/05/2013)

STATEMENT

Gauteng municipalities collectively lost 480 980 000 kilolitres of water in the 2011 / 12 financial year, amounting to a staggering R7.84 billion in financial losses. This represents 36.7% of all...

Transnet teams up with CSIR to raise yearly R&D spend to R150m

INNOVATION

State-owned freight logistics group Transnet has established a new research and development (R&D) unit that will be housed at the Innovation Hub, in Pretoria, and which has entered a three-year...

SA: Statement by Department of Water Affairs, extends invitation for the 4th Municipal Water Quality Conference submissions (22/01/2013)

STATEMENT

The Department of Water Affairs (DWA) in partnership with the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) have come a long way in the quest to improve water quality management, particularly in the...

SA: Statement by the Chemical and Allied Industries Association, on its 2012 Responsible Care Performance Report (29/10/2012)

STATEMENT

The Chemical and Allied Industries Association (CAIA) launched its 2012 Responsible Care Performance Report, the sixth in the history of Responsible Care in South Africa. The report is aimed at...

SA: Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk: Address by the Minister of Tourism, at public lecture on Greening tourism, Fort Hare University, Eastern Cape (26/09/2012)

Topics

In the face of the threatening depletion of the earth’s resources, the shift to a green economy is an increasingly important consideration in our national development plans. We understand today...

Coping with water scarcity: An action framework for agriculture and food security (August 2012)

WATER SCARCITY

The United Nations food agency today launched a framework that will help combat food insecurity by providing methods to better manage water resources in agriculture and reduce waste. The...

Govt seeks collaboration with industry to close R670bn water plan's funding gap

WATER

The capital requirement for the water sector has increased to R670-billion over the next ten years, up from an initial estimate of R573-billion earlier this year, Water and Environmental Affairs...

SA: Ndebele: Address by the Minister of Transport, at the infrastructure development cluster briefing, Cape Town (28/02/2012)

Topics

We welcome you to the Infrastructure Cluster briefing to share with you progress and to provide more detail on the work of the Cluster to fulfil its mandate of building an efficient, competitive...

Financing Green Growth in a Resource-constrained World (February 2012)

GREEN FINANCE

The scale and frequency of weather shocks, combined with long-term economic forecasts of climate change effects and fossil fuel costs, are having a political as well as an economic impact. Many...

SA: Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, at the New Age business breakfast, Johannesburg (03/10/2011)

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Date: 03/10/2011

Source: The Presidency

Title: SA: Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, at the New Age business breakfast, Johannesburg

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SA companies, municipalities will face severe penalties if non-compliant with environmental laws

LEXIS NEXIS

“Any company or government department that doesn’t comply with the environmental laws could face bills amounting to billions of rands and might even be compelled to shut down.” This statement...

SA: Molewa: Address by the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, at the business reengineering review for water affairs (13/09/2011)

Topics

Date: 13/09/2011

Source: The Department of Water and Environmental Affairs

Title: SA: Molewa: Address by the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, at the business...

SA: Essop: Western Cape Environmental Affairs Prov Budget Speech (29/05/2008)

Topics

Western Cape Environmental Affairs and Development Planning Budget Speech delivered by Minister Tasneem Essop - 2008/09

Hendricks: National Water Conservation and Water Demand Indaba (22/03/2007)

2007

Speech by Mrs LB Hendricks, Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry, launch of the National Water Conservation and Water Demand Indaba, Gallagher Estate, Midrand, Gauteng

Hendricks: Launch of Governance as a Trialogue Book (22/03/2007)

2007

Speech by Mrs LB Hendricks, Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry, at the launch of the Governance as a Trialogue Book, Gallagher Estate, Midrand, Gauteng

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