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Author: Engela Duvenage Published: 21/05/2021 ​For the sake of the soil in which your plants must grow and thrive, think twice before deciding to re-use laundry greywater in your garden. If you really want to use it as part of your greywater system, at least then chose liquid washing detergent over washing powder, as it still degrades the soil, but not as much. That is the message from soil scientists at Stellenbosch University, who published the first ever comprehensive research on the topic...

Gauteng citizens need to know the uncomfortable truth: for the next six years, their water supplies will increasingly have to be restricted.

Here’s a startling figure: 1.5 billion people will live in African cities by 2050, more than double the number today. African cities — including unplanned urban areas and informal settlements — are already facing staggering challenges: poverty, the need for more and better jobs, and a lack of housing and basic infrastructure, all of which will be compounded by rapid urban growth. Yet, in our experience, one of the biggest risks facing cities across Africa is not well understood: water ins...

Monday 10 May 2021 - 1:06pm The municipality is urging communities to try to save water and report leaks immediately to avoid a dry July. Courtesy #DStv403 JOHANNESBURG - Day Zero is looming for the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, as dams have dropped to just over 12-percent. The municipality is racing against time but says water supply plans are in progress.

BBC Storyville’s Mandy Chang boards Fremantle as global head of docs BBC ‘Storyville’ commissioning editor Mandy Chang is joining Fremantle as global head of documentaries to spearhead the producer-distributor’s growth in high-end factual production. Chang (pictured), reporting to group COO Andrea Scrosati, will ... May 10, 2021 B...

BBC Storyville chief heads to Fremantle Mandy Chang, commissioning editor for BBC documentary strand Storyville since 2017, is leaving the UK pubcaster to lead a new global factual division at European production group Fremantle. Mandy Chang Chang will take up the newly created head of documentaries role at Fremantle later this year after four years at the BBC. Reporting to group chief operating officer Andrea Scrosati, the former ABC Australia exec will oversee the strategy and creation of Fre...

Despite good rain in Nelson Mandela Bay since Wednesday night, the combined levels of the metro’s dams still dropped by a combined 0.1%. “After a wonderful week of rainfall, next week looks completely dry in our neck of the woods,” Garth Sampson from the SA Weather Service said. He said dam levels had dropped by a combined 0.1%.  “The rise in dam levels is very disappointing, to say the least. However, considering that we have an average of a 0.46% drop per week, one can thus assume th...

Yes, because both people literally have the same job profile at the same firm. If you think a persons college matters that much, then people from other colleges would not have been hired. Its such a ridiculous notion to decide someones salary based on the college they come from.22 6 Report to LIReply NALSAR 3 weeks ago  interesting  top rated  controversial If both categories of graduates are employed for the same/similar task, then sur...

The 200-year old wine is the sweet and nectar-like Grand Constance 1821 An incredibly rare bottle of wine, once destined to be enjoyed by Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, is to go under the hammer at Christie’s later this month as part of the Cape Fine + Rare auction. The 200-year old wine is the sweet and nectar-like Grand Constance 1821, made in Constantia near Cape Town. Napoleon was fabled to drink a bottle of the stuff every day and after his death in May 1821, his allocation was liberated fo...

New fictional movie highlights SA’s worsening issue of water scarcity By Norman Cloete Share Johannesburg - It has often been said that the next World War will not be fought over land, money or minerals, but water. A new fictional movie, The Water Queen, creatively draws attention to South Africa’s worsening issue of water scarcity. In his State of the Nation Address in February, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the establishment of a National Water Resources Infrastructure...