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Driving Smarter, More Resilient Water Systems: Endress+Hauser On Digitalisation In South Africa
As ageing infrastructure, rising water losses and stricter compliance intensify pressure on water systems, digitalisation has become essential. For Endress+Hauser, one of the world’s leading process instrumentation and automation specialists, digitalisation offers a...
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South Africa Accelerates The Adoption Of Clean Cooking As G20 Legacy Programme Takes Shape
South Africa is moving forward with an ambitious clean cooking initiative developed under its 2025 G20 Presidency, with early implementation already underway in KwaZamokuhle, Mpumalanga. The programme, through Outcome 3 of the Energy Transition Working Group (ETWG)...
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AWSISA: A Collective Voice For A Sustainable Water Future
The newly established Association of Water and Sanitation Institutions in South Africa (AWSISA) seeks to unite the sector in tackling its most pressing financial, operational, and governance challenges. Kirsten Kelly speaks to Ramateu Monyokolo – chairperson of both...
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More Precious Than Gold: Rand Water’s Legacy Of Service And Innovation
Founded in 1903 amid Johannesburg’s early gold-rush chaos, Rand Water has spent more than a century proving that water, not gold, is South Africa’s most valuable resource. From pioneering bulk supply systems to leading today’s infrastructure megaprojects, the...
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3D Scanning With APE Pumps: A Game Changer For The Water Sector
APE Pumps, one of South Africa’s oldest and most respected pump manufacturers, has quadrupled its turnover and increased its workforce by 56% in five years. This rapid growth is driven by continuous innovation, with 3D scanning being one of the key...
KSB Pumps: Local Innovation Delivers A New Self-Priming Pump For African Wastewater Conditions
Although KSB Pumps began in Germany more than 150 years ago, the company has established a substantial South African footprint over the past several decades, with local manufacturing and service facilities – a presence that enabled its South...
Joburg Water Systems Recover Following Rand Water Maintenance
The City of Johannesburg’s water systems have recovered and are supplying normally, following the third and final phase of the Rand Water maintenance. The 54-hour maintenance commenced on Tuesday with a temporary shutdown of water services in parts...
From Chalkboard To Construction Sites: Angel Mokgokolo Is Building South Africa’s STEM Future
Angel Mokgokolo’s journey began in a foundation-phase classroom, equipped with curiosity and a piece of chalk. There, she first noticed the disconnect between abstract science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) concepts in textbooks...
Inside UKZN’s Ambitious Student Accommodation Plan Benefiting Local Businesses
With construction progressing toward 2026 completion, the project is set to deliver nearly 2,500 beds, and is expected to create jobs, support local businesses, and play a vital role in addressing KwaZulu-Natal’s student housing shortage. The...
City Of Cape Town Must Rebuild Homes, Demand Protesters
Residents of Lansdowne Road informal settlement protested on Baden Powell Drive in Makhaza, Khayelitsha on Tuesday, demanding that the City of Cape Town rebuild their homes. About 40 structures were demolished as part of the City’s plans to...
Sustainability
South Africa’s Sludge Challenge Becomes A Resource Opportunity
South Africa is running out of space, time and options to manage its growing sludge volumes. Yet what is treated as waste is a valuable resource. With rising regulatory pressure and new decentralised technologies, sludge can be transformed into...
Scaling Up Africa’s Clean Cooking Future
The launch of the G20 Clean Cooking Legacy Programme in KwaZamokhuhle, Mpumalanga, in October 2025 offered a practical glimpse of what clean cooking can achieve in Africa when it is designed with communities in mind. In KwaZamokhuhle, a last-mile...
Sealand Is Designing With Purpose: How A South African Fashion Brand Promotes Circularity In The Local Context
At a time when global fashion and retail industries are under scrutiny for their environmental impact, South African lifestyle brand Sealand continues to prove that sustainability can be both authentic and aspirational. Speaking to ReSource, Tim...
H+A: Leaders In Sustainability
The hum of solar-powered machines fills the air at H+A’s manufacturing hub. Outside, 15% of the property has been deliberately set aside for trees and gardens, creating green pockets alive with birdsong and shade. Inside, Chris Hewitt, founding...
Glass Isn’t Always Greener: Why We Need To Relook Sustainable Packaging Design
Over the past decade, society started switching to glass bottles to avoid microplastics. As it turns out, that big sustainable swap comes with 50 times the microplastic payload. According to recent research by France’s ANSES (the French...
The City of Cape Town Celebrates Its First Junior River Warden Programme
The City of Cape Town’s Deputy Mayor and Mayoral Committee Member for Spatial Planning and Environment, Alderman Eddie Andrews joined the City’s Biodiversity Management branch to recognise the learners from Red River Primary; Floreat Primary and...
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Industry News
Good News For Infrastructure In 2026
Between the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure and the private sector, 2025 saw a renewed focus on investing in infrastructure as an economic tool that supplements the country’s urgent infrastructure needs with steady economic growth....
Empowering South Africa’s Process Controllers Through Knowledge And Collaboration
The process controller division of WISA held workshops in Gauteng, Limpopo and Western Cape to empower and recognise process controllers, while creating a platform for knowledge exchange and professional growth. “WISA acknowledges the vital role...
WACO Group Announces new Managing Directors for SGB-Cape and SkyJacks, Strengthening Leadership Across Its Industrial Services Portfolio
WACO Africa has announced two strategic leadership appointments within its industrial services businesses, reinforcing the Group’s commitment to developing talent internally while driving innovation, collaboration and growth across its brands....
Water
Metro News
Joburg Water Systems Recover Following Rand Water Maintenance
The City of Johannesburg’s water systems have recovered and are supplying normally, following the third and final phase of the Rand Water maintenance. The 54-hour maintenance commenced on Tuesday with a temporary shutdown of water services in parts...
City Of Cape Town Must Rebuild Homes, Demand Protesters
Residents of Lansdowne Road informal settlement protested on Baden Powell Drive in Makhaza, Khayelitsha on Tuesday, demanding that the City of Cape Town rebuild their homes. About 40 structures were demolished as part of the City’s plans to...
SALGA Calls on Treasury to Release Withheld Equitable Share Due to Municipalities for December 2025
The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) has formally written to the National Treasury regarding concerns about the process followed in withholding the Local Government Equitable Share (LGES) tranche for December 2025. This action has...
Waste
Engineering
SA’s Nuclear Build Programme Drives Urgent Demand For Specialised Welding Skills
As South Africa prepares to advance its nuclear new-build programme, the country faces a critical challenge: a shortage of highly specialised welding, inspection, and non-destructive testing (NDT) skills required to deliver the safety-critical...
Endress+Hauser: Disinfection Sensors For Clean And Safe Water
Water is essential for all life and plays a critical role across various industries and their processes. In Southern Africa’s water and wastewater sector, effective disinfection is key to ensuring drinking water is safe for communities and treated...
Engineering Efficiency Through Modular Water Storage Systems
On-site water storage has become a necessity for many sectors such as retail, mining, and agriculture. Whether the water is used for backup, daily operations, or part of the operations, finding the right, robust water storage has become essential....
Technology
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Digital Magazines
ReSource
The official magazine of the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) and is endorsed by 12 industry associations. ReSource is only integrated resources and waste management magazine in southern Africa.
- ReSource promotes integrated resources management, with a special focus on waste management and cleaner production and waste to energy initiatives.
- It provides comprehensive coverage of new developments, technologies, legislation and role players in the waste and environmental protection sectors.
- Owing to the organisations with which it is affiliated, the magazine has access to up-to- date news and unique information regarding its industry.
Digital Magazines
Water & Sanitation Africa
The official magazine of the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA), the magazine publishes content dealing with the supply, governance, financing, treatment and measurement of water and sanitation in southern Africa.
- The magazine provides industry updates and project information for both the public and private sectors.
- It is a vital source of business intelligence for municipal engineers, process controllers, water scientists, researchers, consulting engineers, plant operators, DWS government officials, treatment specialists and suppliers to the industry.
- Due to the multitude of connections within the industry, Water&Sanitation Africa provides in depth coverage on the latest trends, projects, challenges and opportunities within the sector.
