WATCH: Focus on race-based water licence allocations
Business Day TV spoke to Business Day deputy editor Tiisetso Motsoeneng
21 June 2023 - 16:53
byBusiness Day TV
Support our award-winning journalism. The Premium package (digital only) is R30 for the first month and thereafter you pay R129 p/m now ad-free for all subscribers.
Black shareholding in new water-use licences is necessary to address the racial imbalance brought about by SA’s apartheid past, according to the government.
Proposed legislation by the department of water and sanitation requires farmers to have a black shareholding of between 25% and 75% to obtain water licences, depending on how much they extract or store.
For more detail on the story, Business Day TV spoke to Business Day deputy editor Tiisetso Motsoeneng.
Support our award-winning journalism. The Premium package (digital only) is R30 for the first month and thereafter you pay R129 p/m now ad-free for all subscribers.
NEWSROOM CROSSING
WATCH: Focus on race-based water licence allocations
Business Day TV spoke to Business Day deputy editor Tiisetso Motsoeneng
Black shareholding in new water-use licences is necessary to address the racial imbalance brought about by SA’s apartheid past, according to the government.
Proposed legislation by the department of water and sanitation requires farmers to have a black shareholding of between 25% and 75% to obtain water licences, depending on how much they extract or store.
For more detail on the story, Business Day TV spoke to Business Day deputy editor Tiisetso Motsoeneng.
Or listen to full audio
Subscribe for free episodes: iono.fm | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pocket Casts | Player.fm
Would you like to comment on this article?
Sign up (it's quick and free) or sign in now.
Please read our Comment Policy before commenting.
Most Read
Published by Arena Holdings and distributed with the Financial Mail on the last Thursday of every month except December and January.