South Africa’s Gauteng province launches water data hub – residents can now keep track of shortages and repair issues

South Africa is a water-scarce country. In other words, it has an excess of demand over available supply. It also has low water security – the ability to ensure sustainable access to good quality water. The country’s economic hub and biggest population centre, Gauteng...

South Africa’s crucial water supplies from Lesotho: what the six-month shutdown means for industry, farming and residents

The main water supply to South Africa’s economic hub, greater Johannesburg in the Gauteng province, and to the country’s breadbasket in the Free State, is scheduled to be cut off for six months. Maintenance work on the 37 kilometre Lesotho Highlands Water Project...