In a gesture aimed at benefiting the local community, the management of The Clarens Golf and Leisure Estate has agreed to return a borehole to the local Municipality. This decision follows an agreement made in December 2019, in which the estate was permitted to use a...
The goal is to retrieve and process 3 million liters of water per day. Currently, the existing plant can handle just 1 million liters daily, but the new facility will meet the increased demand once operational. Six new boreholes have been drilled, five of which are...
Construction at Serengeti Energy’s Boston Hydro project is progressing as planned, with attention shifting to preparations for the scheduled water outage of the Lesotho Highland Water Project from October 1 to March 31, 2025. This period will facilitate crucial...
In a meeting held on September 6, contractor Mr. Barnabas Mboweni of KLOK Engineering updated the Clarens Chamber of Commerce (CCC) on the ongoing development of six boreholes aimed at providing a sustainable water source for the town during the Lesotho Highlands...
Despite the local municipality sending out a notice for a water update meeting in the Kgubetswana Hall, none of their representatives attended the water meeting in Clarens on August 20, 2024. Jacquie Le Roux, Clarens Ratepayers Association (CRA), gave an update on the...
Maintenance of the Lesotho Highlands water tunnel is the right thing to do Professor Mike Miller, a professional engineer with experience in water management, discuss the maintenance of this tunnel, how crucial it is, and what exactly will be maintained. He said...
During a media briefing in Pretoria earlier this year, the Department of Water and Sanitation highlighted the importance of an upcoming maintenance shutdown to ensure the longevity of a critical water tunnel. The last maintenance occurred in 2019, and this upcoming...
The Dihlabeng Municipality reported at the Stakeholder meeting held on August 14 as follows: Lesotho Highlands Water Tunnel Project The teams working on the project, both in Lesotho and South Africa, are confident that all tunnel construction will be completed by...
For six consecutive years, not a single municipality in the Free State has received a clean audit, according to Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke. Among the 11 municipalities in financial distress is the struggling Dihlabeng Local Municipality. In her office’s 2021/22...
In a virtual meeting with members of this chamber, Ntate Lawrence Ramuwela from the Dihlabeng municipality disclosed that the extraction point at Little Caledon has been repeatedly vandalized since January 2023. The electricity supply has been fixed by Eskom. The...
As a small town heavily reliant on tourism, residents and businesses have managed to avoid scheduled power outages for seven consecutive months. Gert Kruger, a chartered accountant and owner of Augos consulting company, led the effort. Augos facilitated Clarens’...
