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Weedbuster Week in the Western Cape

11 October 2007

The awareness against the spread of invasive alien plants in the Western Cape Region is reaching the targeted public domain. The Working for Water Programme of the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry can confirm that young learners through the schools curriculum are receiving adequate ... >

3/4 Full Dams, Authorities Still Urge Public to Use Water Sparingly

4 July 2007

The Berg River Dam as part of the Berg Water Project (BWP) is now nearing completion and will be storing water, and be linked to the Regional Water Supply System. The linking of the two schemes- Berg Water Project and the Theewaterskloof Dam will allow ... >

Eradicating the Bucket System in the Western Cape

26 March 2007

One thousand two hundred (1200) households in the Western Cape are stuck with no basic sanitation facilities. Government is working hard to ensure that the December 2007 Presidential target of removing this bucket system in all formal areas is met. The Premier of the Western ... >

Resource Poor Farmers Benefit from Water Sector Transformation

20 March 2007

Water is a constitutional right and the National Water Act of 1998, guides the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry to provide water more equitably to all races, creed and gender. >

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