LETTER TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION Dear Mr Jones, I thank you for your brief response. Permit me please to copy Commissioner Ameermia, Ms Chantal Kisoon, Ms Yuri Ramkissoon and Mr Matthew du Plessis on this e-mail, since my organisation (the FSE) and I have engaged with them in the […]
FSE’S COMMENTS ON THE VALLEY SILTS PROJECT
Find attached the FSE’s comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Assessment Report of Ergo Mining (Pty) Ltd: The Valley Silts Project, Riverlea and Booysens Reserve, Johannesburg. VALLEY_SILTS_PROJECT_-_FSE_COMMENTS_-_JAN_2019.pdf
’The Uncomfortable Truth’: SA’s water crisis
On Sunday, 1 December at 7pm, eNCA took a critical look at the country’s water woes in a special debate titled ’The Uncomfortable Truth’. The Department of Water and Sanitation estimates that we lose 37 to 41% of our available water to leaks, at an estimated cost of R6-billion a year. Watch the videos […]
Water & Sanitation Plan 2030
Download the attached Water & Sanitation Plan for 2030. WATER_AND_SANITATION_MASTER_PLAN_2030.pdf
FSE’s CONTRIBUTION TO ENCA’s DISCUSSION ON SA’S LOOMING WATER CRISIS
Watch the video here.
CuDyWat Vaal River Barrage Report 2019
Report attached for download. 20190902_CuDyWat_Vaal_River_Barrage_and_Emfuleni_2019_Lite_V3.1.pdf
Call for Comments: Draft National Water Security Framework
National Planning Commission Releases the National Water Security Framework In September 2015 the President announced the appointment of the second National Planning Commission (NPC). This second NPC was appointed to, amongst others, promote, advance and monitor the implementation of the National Development Plan (NDP) 2030 by government and across all sectors of South African society. The […]
FSE’s CONCISE REPORT ON THE DEBATE ON THE MINISTER OF WATER AND SANITATION’S BUDGET VOTE
The Federation for a Sustainable Environment (FSE), have attended the Minister of Human Settlement, Water and Sanitation’s Budget Vote and the Stakeholder Engagement on the 16th of July, 2019. The Stakeholder Engagement included presentations by the CEO’s of the two established CMA’s (which were referred to as “Water Boards”); the Strategic Water Partners Network […]
FSE’s APPEAL AGAINST THE EVIRONMENTAL AUTHORISATION FOR THE PROSPECTING RIGHT APPLICATION WITHIN THE SOURCE OF THE MOOI RIVER
Appeal attached for download. FINAL_-_EA_-_DMR_REF_NW_30-5-1-1-2-12466_PR_-_APPEAL.pdf
2019 Status Report: Continuation of the Integrated Vaal River System Reconciliation strategy Study (Phase 2)
The report by the Department of Water and Sanitation is attached for download. CVRSS_Ph2_SSC_2_Status_Report.pdf