We [South Africa] are becoming much drier.
— Dhesigen Naidoo, Water Research Commission
Cape Town has to stop allowing storm water to run into the sea.
— Dhesigen Naidoo, Water Research Commission
If we get it right in Cape Town we’ll get it right everywhere else.
— Dhesigen Naidoo, Water Research Commission
Cape Town and its surrounding areas are suffering their worst drought in more than 100 years.
The local government restricts residents to a maximum of 87 litres per day.
If the rains don’t come – and it’s unlikely, since Cape Town has entered its dry season – the city may run out of water by May 2018.
The Money Show’s Bruce Whitfield interviewed Water Research Commission (WRC) CEO Dhesigen Naidoo for his weekly “The Science Of” feature.
The WRC was established in terms of the Water Research Act (Act No 34 of 1971).
The WRC’s mandate includes:
-
Promoting co-ordination, co-operation and communication in the area of water research and development.
-
Establishing water research needs and priorities.
-
Stimulating and funding water research according to priority.
-
Promoting effective transfer of information and technology.
- Enhancing knowledge and capacity-building within the water sector.
Listen to the interview in the audio below (and/or scroll down for more quotes from it).
Water is one of the top-5 risks to the global economy.
— Dhesigen Naidoo, Water Research Commission
We live in a water scarce world.
— Dhesigen Naidoo, Water Research Commission
Globally, it’s getting worse… part of the reason is climate change…
— Dhesigen Naidoo, Water Research Commission
Gauteng is, technically, permanently in drought [yet always has water].
— Dhesigen Naidoo, Water Research Commission
South Africa is the 30th driest country in the world.
— Dhesigen Naidoo, Water Research Commission
…South Africa is responsible for the Singaporean water industry….
— Dhesigen Naidoo, Water Research Commission
There’s money to be made out of waste.
— Dhesigen Naidoo, Water Research Commission
…We have models of new toilets systems that will work with no water at all, or very little…
— Dhesigen Naidoo, Water Research Commission
Cape Town is doing OK…
— Dhesigen Naidoo, Water Research Commission
Demand management must also be institutional.
— Dhesigen Naidoo, Water Research Commission
The energy cost [of desalination] is going down and down and down.
— Dhesigen Naidoo, Water Research Commission
We import everything [related to desalination].
— Dhesigen Naidoo, Water Research Commission
The evaporation index is getting higher and higher and higher.
— Dhesigen Naidoo, Water Research Commission
Lesotho doesn’t sell us water, they sell us altitude.
— Dhesigen Naidoo, Water Research Commission
Cape Town is, actually, far away… It’s an island – the sea on the one side, the mountain on the other side…
— Dhesigen Naidoo, Water Research Commission
Click here (then “like” the page) to follow Bruce on Facebook.
Enter your email address in the form below to receive a newsletter containing the most-read articles of the week from Bruce Whitfield’s The Money Show every Friday morning in your inbox.
702 welcomes all comments that are constructive, contribute to discussions in a meaningful manner and take stories forward.
However, we will NOT condone the following:
- Racism (including offensive comments based on ethnicity and nationality)
- Sexism
- Homophobia
- Religious intolerance
- Cyber bullying
- Hate speech
- Derogatory language
- Comments inciting violence.
We ask that your comments remain relevant to the articles they appear on and do not include general banter or conversation as this dilutes the effectiveness of the comments section.
We strive to make the 702 community a safe and welcoming space for all.
702 reserves the right to: 1) remove any comments that do not follow the above guidelines; and, 2) ban users who repeatedly infringe the rules.
Should you find any comments upsetting or offensive you can also flag them and we will assess it against our guidelines.
702 is constantly reviewing its comments policy in order to create an environment conducive to constructive conversations.
Read More
The Money Show’s Bruce Whitfield interviews Aurik Business Accelerator founder and small business guru Pavlo Phitidis.
The Money Show’s Bruce Whitfield interviews Galileo Capital Personal Financial Advisor Warren Ingram.
#DataMustFall, but this is a giant leap in the right direction. Bruce Whitfield interviews Stuff Magazine Editor Craig Wilson.
Companies in Wiese’s Titan Group lodged the claims, relating to investments made in Steinhoff. Bruce Whitfield interviews Wiese.
The Money Show’s Bruce Whitfield interviews FitChef founder Wayne Kaminsky.
Pan-African Investments and Research Services CEO Dr Iraj Abedian on what we should know about the impact of the minimum wage.
Popular articles
The Money Show’s Bruce Whitfield interviews Raiz Corp CEO Allon Raiz who reviews “The E-Myth Revisited” by Michael E. Gerber.
Pan Africanist Congress's Narius Moloto explains why it supports the name Azania, a word which he says has Arabic origins.
Wits associate professor of economics Christopher Malikane speaks to Azania Mosaka about the term that is being bandied about.
"My earliest memory of money is my father saying, ‘Why do you want to do this thing? How are you going to feed the family?'"
The EFF lawyer stole the show during the state capture report court battle.
WIN R2000! But only if you can prove you're a whiz of the MTN Biz Quiz by answering the following three questions...
