Why we need the Blue and Green Drop reports: ‘Everyone in SA lives downstream from a sewage discharge point’
17 Feb 2021
Everyone in South Africa lives downstream from a sewage discharge point into their drinking water supply, which is why the Blue and Green Drop reports are so important. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
Everyone in South Africa lives downstream from a sewage discharge point into their drinking water supply, which is why the Blue and Green Drop reports are so important, says water specialist Anthony Turton.
The country has a closed-loop system, whereby all drinking water comes from a river or dam, but all sewage and industrial wastewater is returned to the same river but in a different place, explains the professor at the Centre for Environmental Management at the University of the Free State.
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Kate Collier, Lizle Louw, Garyn Rapson, Rita Spalding, Alessandra Pardini, Jonathan Veeran, Gillian Niven Share Gwede Mantashe. Picture: Felix Dlangamandla/Netwerk24
Where many other government departments halted operations because of lockdown, the DMRE continued to work as well as it could with limited resources, say the authors.
Minister Gwede Mantashe and his Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) should be complimented for working hard through varying lockdown levels and a personal bout of Covid-19. Where many other government departments halted operations because of lockdown, the DMRE continued to work as well as it could with limited resources. When mines were able to resume operations with Covid-19 protocols, mine inspectors were at the forefront of inspections and engagements.
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Bittersweet reality of the brutal Cyclone Eloise
By Opinion
By Sanku Tsunke
The world has seen how the Cyclone Eloise ravaged some parts of southern Africa, in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Madagascar and left thousands of people homeless due to the floods.
Last week, we have witnessed how Cyclone Eloise moved inland, in Mpumalanga, Limpopo and Free State provinces. We also saw it, but not as hard, on the coast of KwaZulu-Natal. Although the storm was not devastating in strength like in Mozambique, it has caused damage to some parts of Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal. The heavy rains and floods resulted in damaged houses and roads, and trees being uprooted.