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Closing the Loop with EnviroServ: Waste, Water, and a Sustainable Future
EnviroServ is now a SUEZ company. How does this benefit your customers? DT: The acquisition has added water capabilities to EnviroServ’s portfolio. Present on the African continent since the construction of the Sherbine Water Treatment Plant in Egypt in 1948, SUEZ has...
Transnet Lifts Rail Volumes Amid Challenging Conditions
Key highlights Revenue increased by 6,0% from R39,2 billion to R41,5 billion EBITDA decreased by 1,6% from R13,8 billion to R13,6 billion The loss for the period is R2,2 billion compared to a loss of R1,6 billion in 2023 Cash generated from...
Update On Fish Mortality Incident At Nandoni Dam In Limpopo
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is investigating the recent fish mortality incident at Nandoni Dam and the Luvuvhu River near Tshitomboni and Tswinga villages in the Thulamela Local Municipality, Limpopo. The Department received...
Market Outlook 2025: How to Navigate Opportunities and Risks
As we approach 2025, global markets present a dynamic mix of opportunities and risks. Geopolitical tensions, shifting economic policies, and evolving consumer dynamics are reshaping the investment terrain. The ability to cut through short-term...
Verder Liquids Releases Dura 60: A Leap Forward In Performance And Efficiency
Verder Liquids has launched the Verderflex DURA 60 Hose Pump, specifically designed for applications such as metering, bulk handling and transfer duties. The Dura 60 is ideal for sludges, slurries, and abrasives across general industrial and mining...
Johannesburg Water’s Preparedness for Upcoming Rand Water Maintenance
Johannesburg Water will temporarily stop the daily restriction of the systems that will be impacted during the Rand Water maintenance. However, other non-impacted systems may continue to be restricted. Furthermore, the Entity will provide...
Navigating The Climate Storm: How Data Helps Insurers Weather Climate Risks
A January 2024 article published by the University of KwaZulu-Natal suggests that South Africa has seen a 60% increase in extreme weather events over the past two decades. With extreme weather events like floods, droughts, and storms becoming...
Sustainability
How Technology Can Help With Water Issues In South Africa
The scope of South Africa’s NRW has become a sticking point for the sector generating much private-sector interest, especially in the case of applying new technology as a solution. Xylem, an industry leader in smart water technology, hosted a...
Virtual Water Can Inform Better Agricultural Decisions
Informed consumers can make better purchasing decisions, informed producers can manage water use better. Virtual water is a representation of the ‘water footprint’ embedded into the production process. Simply put it is the litre value of a...
Ground Zero for Innovation in Water Re-use and Recycling
Cape Town’s approach to Day Zero water supply in early 2018 created shock waves around the world. It was at the time widely recognised that this might be the first time globally that a vast, modern metro region was in serious danger of running out...
Navigating The Climate Storm: How Data Helps Insurers Weather Climate Risks
A January 2024 article published by the University of KwaZulu-Natal suggests that South Africa has seen a 60% increase in extreme weather events over the past two decades. With extreme weather events like floods, droughts, and storms becoming...
Monitoring at Landfills is Vital to Keeping Groundwater Clean
Landfills create leachate, a liquid that seeps from waste, which is highly hazardous and can contaminate groundwater. SRK Consulting, an international consulting firm that offers technical services to the natural resource industries, posit that...
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Trends In The Retail Sector
In today’s fast-evolving retail landscape, the importance of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria has never been more pronounced. Retailers are now judged not only by their financial performance but also by their commitment to...
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Emphasis on Implementation and Clear Commitments Needed to Spur Infrastructure Growth – CESA
Following the delivery of the 2025 Budget Speech by the Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana, Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) has highlighted the need for a concrete plan of action to translate the budget’s intentions into tangible...
Health Ombud Reveals Serious Findings at Helen Joseph Hospital
Inadequate infrastructure, doctors not arriving for duty, food shortages, insufficient security and poor corporate management — these are some of the serious findings contained in reports compiled by the Office of the Health Ombud and the...
From Switzerland To South Africa: 40 Years Of Family Values And Innovation With Endress+Hauser
Last year, Endress + Hauser South Africa celebrated its 40th birthday. What has changed? What has stayed the same? BK: There have been a number of significant changes in terms of acquisitions, revenue growth, and product development. But our...
Water
Metro News
eThekwini Buffelsdraai Landfill Site Set to Reopen for Public Use
The eThekwini Municipality has announced the planned reopening of the Buffelsdraai landfill site, in the north-west of Durban, following its closure in 2023. The municipality said the reopening follows extensive rehabilitation and safety...
Cape Town’s Conradie Park Is Urban Design Pioneer
The site of Cape Town’s old Conradie Hospital is today buzzing with the sounds of a community being built, with over 1,250 families now enjoying new homes and the final phases of construction lying ahead. Concor has pioneered the Conradie Park...
Mogalakwena Municipality Gets Sewerage Service Delivery
Mogalakwena Municipality, a local municipality within the Waterberg district of Limpopo, is putting its latest asset – a combination high-pressure jetting and vacuum truck manufactured in South Africa by Werner Pumps – to good use to improve...
Waste
Engineering
Public Works Minister Calls for Engineers to Return Home at CESA Infrastructure Indaba
At the heart of this year’s Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) Infrastructure Indaba is a powerful call to action: bring South Africa’s engineers back home to contribute to our nation’s growth. The CESA Infrastructure Indaba commenced...
University of Pretoria’s Rachel van Zyl Swoops Up Top Prize at the 2025 SAICE National IP Showdown
The 2025 SAICE National Intellectual Property (IP) Showdown, a much-coveted event where final-year Civil Engineering students from leading universities across the country go head-to-head presenting their groundbreaking research projects – all...
Emphasis on Implementation and Clear Commitments Needed to Spur Infrastructure Growth – CESA
Following the delivery of the 2025 Budget Speech by the Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana, Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) has highlighted the need for a concrete plan of action to translate the budget’s intentions into tangible...
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