Marthinus Christoffel Johannes van Schalkwyk is a South African politician,academic,and lawyer,who serves as High Commissioner to Australia. He previously served as MP and Minister of Tourism in the Cabinet of South Africa. Formerly Premier of the Western Cape and Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of South Africa,he was the leader of the New National Party from its inception on 8 September 1997 until its dissolution on 9 April 2005. He was appointed Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism in the Thabo Mbeki administration after merging his party with the ruling African National Congress (ANC),despite the poor performance of the former in the 2004 General Election.
Heloise Ruth First was a South African anti-apartheid activist and scholar. She was assassinated in Mozambique,where she was working in exile,by a parcel bomb built by South African police.
Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma,sometimes referred to by her initials NDZ,is a South African politician,medical doctor and former anti-apartheid activist. A longstanding member of the African National Congress (ANC),she currently serves as Minister in the Presidency responsible for Women,Youth and Persons with Disabilities and is the Chancellor of the University of Limpopo.
Sasol Limited is an integrated energy and chemical company based in Sandton,South Africa. The company was formed in 1950 in Sasolburg,South Africa,and built on processes that German chemists and engineers first developed in the early 1900s. Today,Sasol develops and commercializes technologies,including synthetic fuel technologies,and produces different liquid fuels,chemicals,coal tar,and electricity.
Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor is a South African politician,educator and academic serving as the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation since 2019. She has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the African National Congress (ANC) since 1994.
Lulama "Lulu" Marytheresa Xingwana is a South African politician who served as Minister for Women,Children and People with Disabilities from November 2010 to May 2014. Previously she held the position of Deputy Minister of Minerals and Energy from 2004 to 2006 and was Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs from 2006 to 2009,succeeding Thoko Didiza.
Lucie Edwards is a Canadian diplomat,who worked in the Department of Foreign Affairs,Trade and Development from 1976 to 2009,as the high commissioner to India,South Africa,Kenya and permanent representative to the United Nations Environmental program. She founded the Global Issues Bureau and served as assistant deputy minister for Corporate Services in Ottawa.
Water supply and sanitation in South Africa is characterised by both achievements and challenges. After the end of Apartheid South Africa's newly elected government struggled with the then growing service and backlogs with respect to access to water supply and sanitation developed. The government thus made a strong commitment to high service standards and to high levels of investment subsidies to achieve those standards. Since then,the country has made some progress with regard to improving access to water supply:It reached universal access to an improved water source in urban areas,and in rural areas the share of those with access increased from 66% to 79% from 1990 to 2010.
Anand Sharma is an Indian politician and former Union Cabinet Minister in charge of Commerce and Industry and Textiles in the Government of India. Since June 2014,Sharma was the Deputy Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Indian Parliament till 2022.
Lindiwe Benedicta Hendricks,formerly known as Lindiwe Ngwane,is a South African politician and a member of the National Assembly. She served as Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs in the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry from 22 May 2006 to 10 May 2009.
Catherine "Kate" O'Regan is a former judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. From 2013 to 2014 she was a commissioner of the Khayelitsha Commission and is now the inaugural director of the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at the University of Oxford.
Nomvula Paula Mokonyane is a South African politician who is currently the First Deputy Secretary-General of the African National Congress (ANC). She was the first female Premier of Gauteng from 2009 to 2014 and subsequently served in the national government as Minister of Water and Sanitation from 2014 to 2018,Minister of Communications in 2018,and Minister of Environmental Affairs from 2018 to 2019.
Maite Emily Nkoana-Mashabane,formerly known as Maite Mohale,is a South African politician who served as the Minister of Women,Youth and Persons with Disabilities. She was Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform from 2018 to 2019,and previously served as Minister of International Relations and Cooperation from 2009 to 2018. Nkoana-Mashabane is also a former member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC).
The Berg River Dam is a 68-metre (223 ft) high dam on the Berg River in South Africa. It is the centerpiece of the Berg Water Project (BWP) which is designed to capture the winter rainfall and store it for supply to Cape Town during the dry summer months. The project in turn forms an important part of the Western Cape Water Supply System (WCWSS),an intricate system of dams and bulk water infrastructure that provides water to more than 3 million people. At the inauguration of the dam in 2009,then President of South Africa Kgalema Motlanthe called the project "a good example of how public infrastructure projects can be used to contribute meaningfully to poverty eradication and to foster social empowerment of the people." The Berg River Dam was the first dam in South Africa to be designed and constructed,and is due to be operated,in accordance with the guidelines of the World Commission on Dams. It has been completed on time and within budget. The Berg River basin and the adjacent metropolitan area of Cape Town are of particular importance to the Western Cape region because,although the basin generates only about 3% of the country's water resources,it is home to about 8% of South Africa's population,and produces about 12% of GDP.
Bomo Edith Edna Molewa,formerly known as Edna Sethema,was a South African politician and member of the African National Congress. Molewa became the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs of South Africa on 31 October 2010,as part of a cabinet reshuffle by President Jacob Zuma. On 25 May 2014 her Ministry has been divided and she was appointed Minister of Environmental Affairs. She succeeded Buyelwa Sonjica. Prior to her death,Molewa was studying towards a Bachelor's of Arts Honours in Developmental Studies through the University of South Africa.
The Minister of Forestry,Fisheries and the Environment is the member of the Cabinet of South Africa.
David Mahlobo is a South African politician and Deputy Ministry of Human Settlements,Water and Sanitation. He is a former Minister of Energy and former Minister of State Security.
Makhotso Magdeline "Maggie" Sotyu is a South African politician who is currently serving as Deputy Minister of Environment,Forestry and Fisheries since May 2019. She has been a deputy minister since 2010,formerly as Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture and Deputy Minister of Police,and has represented the African National Congress in the National Assembly since June 1999.
Rejoice Thizwilondi Mabudafhasi is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1994 until her resignation in April 2017. She was appointed as South Africa's Ambassador to Zimbabwe in 2021.
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