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A forensic investigation is under way into a R50-million project to manage the flow of water piped to residents of Cape Town. The City has, since 2007, installed 41000 flow-restricting water meters – supplied by three different companies – outside residents’ homes. They are programmed to dispense a pre-agreed amount of water a day. Continue reading Probe into R50m water-meter contracts Photo by Steve Crane
If everything goes according to plan, the two cooling towers at the old Athlone power station will be demolished on Sunday 30 May 2010. Stabilising rings around one of the towers fell to the ground on Sunday 14 Feb. 2010 and engineers have recommended that the towers be demolished Continue reading Goodbye Athlone Towers Cape Town – Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Buyelwa Sonjica has given tap water in all 2010 FIFA World Cup host cities a clean bill of health. Releasing the 2010 Host Cities Drinking Water Quality Management Audit Report on Wednesday, Sonjica said the world can rest assured that tap water in all host cities is Continue reading Tap Water is Safe to drink in all Host Cities during FIFA World Cup Football More than half of the 32 countries qualified for the soccer World Cup have committed to or support offsetting emissions from teams’ flights to and within South Africa, the United Nations said on Tuesday. “We have worked on this in the past few weeks,” U.N. Environment Programme chief Achim Steiner told a Continue reading World Cup Teams Going Green! 2010 World Cup Match Ball Courtesy of Adidas “The Jabulani” has only eight thermally bonded panels, which makes the ball a perfect sphere and ensures accuracy. The ball was unveiled before the World Cup draw in Cape Town. Continue reading Meet the 2010 World Cup Match Ball: Jabulani A new Green Goal 2010 program has been launched in South Africa to make sure that next year’s World Cup event is as environmentally-friendly as possible. Representatives of the host cities signed the pledge, which states that they will support initiatives which address waste minimisation, emission reduction, energy efficiency and water conservation. The “greening” initiatives will be Continue reading Green Goal for 2010 The Western Cape is facing its first “full-scale disaster” as a severe drought shows signs of worsening in the Eden District in the southern Cape. Local government MEC Anton Bredell told journalists in Cape Town on Wednesday that the province has recommended the district be declared a disaster area. “We are facing a big disaster,” Bredell said. Continue reading Cape facing drought Disaster |
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