Water supply on red alert!

A third of the world’s people might have access to only half the water they need in the next decades if nothing is done to conserve the critical resource.

It is estimated that 1.1 billion people globally rely on unsafe drinking water sources and that as much as 80

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Lack of drinking water stopping R940 million

THE only thing stopping an ambitious R940 million housing partnership between government and business from reaching its full potential in Port Alfred is a lack of drinking water.

Although just 500 of the proposed 5000 houses will be completed this year, Human Settlements minister Tokyo Sexwale yesterday promised the

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Doing the Argus Cycle Tour Twice (x2) for Charity

The largest timed cycling event in the world, the Cape Argus Pick ’n Pay Cycle Tour is taking place this Sunday the 14th of March around our most beautiful Southern Peninsula in Cape Town.

The grueling 109km will pose great challenges for the 35 000+ participants, young and old alike. There are

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Drunk Christmas revelers handed bottles of water

BOTTLES of water are to be handed out in Bolton town centre to stop Christmas revelers getting too drunk.

Police and volunteer workers will give out 2,000 bottles over the next two weekends when festive parties are at their peak.

Student actors from The University of Bolton will also be pretending to be drunk to illustrate how

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Water Crisis Solutions

The press is full of articles about an impending water crisis.  The Southern Cape is experiencing one of the worst droughts in 100 years.  Municipal service delivery is under pressure and we are exhausting our natural rivers extraction ability!!

The answers to the problems are simple.  Demand management is crucial,    we need to use less

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