Overseas visitors can drink Johannesburg’s water without fear because it is clean and safe, Johannesburg Water said last week.
“We can say that residents and visitors to the city of Johannesburg needn’t fear about the quality of water supply to city,” the utility’s laboratory support manager Russel Rimmer said.
Speaking at a briefing on
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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
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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
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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.
Adidas has turned up the dial to 11 with its new match ball for the 2010 World
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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
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