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Magalies Water Turns Crisis Into Innovation
The Klipdrift Modular Treatment Plant is Africa’s largest package water treatment plant and the first in the world to integrate dissolved air flotation (DAF) and sand filtration within a single modular treatment system. “The scale and innovation of the package...
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School Sanitation Solutions That Go Beyond The Toilet Block
Youth Month may have ended, but our commitment to safe, dignified school sanitation for every learner must continue throughout the year. In this article, Kirsten Kelly investigates how BORDA is helping schools provide safer, healthier learning environments while...
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The Water Research Commission Champions Citizen Science For A Changing Climate
As extreme weather events become more frequent, the Water Research Commission (WRC) and the South African Weather Service (SAWS) are harnessing citizen science to improve local weather monitoring, strengthen early warning systems, and help vulnerable communities...
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The Ongoing Case For Landfills In The Evolving Landscape Of Waste Management In South Africa
Landfills, depending on who you speak to, are either highly engineered last resort environmental barriers, or the biggest openly legal threat to environmental health. The truth is that the role of the landfill has changed over the years, and its ongoing utility is the...
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This National Recycling Day, Africa Shows Us What’s Possible
As South Africa welcomes spring and marks National Recycling Day on 15 September, the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) is issuing a challenge for the country to rethink what it calls “waste”. Because across Africa, what we...
South Africa Needs R250 Billion Just To Meet Basic Climate Adaptation Needs Over The Next Decade
South Africa needs investments worth R250 billion (US$15.64 billion) over the next 10 years to adapt to climate change. This amount would get the country to just a minimal level of adaptation. A team of researchers from the African Climate and...
Private Equity And Waste: One Person’s Trash Is Another’s Treasure
Waste management is vital, in South Africa it’s near a human right as Section 24 of the constitution guarantees everyone the right to an environment not harmful to their health or well-being. It is also costly, and despite the flippancy many...
Carbon Credits, Taxes, And Markets; How The Markets Are Positioning Climate Risk
Climate risk is no longer a niche concern for businesses and has become central to understanding a business’s financial risk. Put simply, as the Earth’s climate changes, how a business reacts and prepares for the future is becoming more...
Rural Diaper Dumping Crisis Drives Community-Led Waste Solutions In Limpopo
A community-driven project in Limpopo is demonstrating how collaborative governance, environmental education and local economic participation can help address one of South Africa’s most overlooked waste streams: disposable diapers. Researchers and...
Transitioning From Problematic Shrink Sleeves To Floatable Polyolefin Material In South Africa
Problematic shrink sleeves made from PET, PETG and PVC can disrupt PET bottle recycling. Plastic Reboot – South Africa explores how collaboration across the plastics packaging value chain unlocks PET bottle recyclability through floatable...
Sustainability
Carbon Credits, Taxes, And Markets; How The Markets Are Positioning Climate Risk
Climate risk is no longer a niche concern for businesses and has become central to understanding a business’s financial risk. Put simply, as the Earth’s climate changes, how a business reacts and prepares for the future is becoming more...
Water Is Running Out – Why Corporate South Africa Must Rethink Risk, Resilience, And Responsibility
For generations, corporate South Africa treated water like as an abundant utility. Facility managers turned on the tap, paid the monthly municipal bill, and gave the resource little further consideration. That luxury is gone. Today, deteriorating...
What Traditional Medicine Can Teach Us About Protecting South Africa’s Trees
Every National Arbor Week, we quite rightly talk about the importance of planting trees. We talk about their role in absorbing carbon, protecting biodiversity and supporting healthy landscapes. These are important conversations, but after many...
Recycled Plastics Take Centre Stage As SAPRO Crowns Its 2026 Champions
Cape Town’s Silo District played host to the 12th annual SAPRO Awards for the Best Recycled Plastic Products on 21 August 2026, with MAK Plastics taking the night’s top honour as South Africa’s plastics recycling industry showcased how...
Sunscreen For Lakes And Dams: Could A Thin Floating Layer Of Nanomaterial Shield Water From Evaporation?
Water stored in dams and reservoirs for humans to use often evaporates, especially in hot regions like southern Africa. Rising temperatures speed evaporation up, leaving less water for people, farming and industry. Daniel Kwasi Kpeglo has just...
South Africa’s Top Court Blocked Shell’s Wild Coast Oil Search: Why It Matters For Climate Justice
South Africa’s Constitutional Court – the country’s highest court – handed down a landmark judgment for climate change and environmental justice in mid-August 2026. The companies had planned to use seismic surveys in the waters off the country’s...
Events
Industry News
Infrastructure South Africa (ISA) Commits R131 Million To Support Local Government Infrastructure
Over the past 18 months, Infrastructure South Africa (ISA) has committed R131 million to supporting local government infrastructure, says Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson. “This includes R9.39 million to package strategic...
SA’s R1.9 Trillion Infrastructure Pipeline Signals Country At Work
South Africa is stepping up the pace of infrastructure delivery, with 81 Strategic Integrated Projects (SIPs) comprising 263 individual projects, with an estimated combined value of R1.9888 trillion. The scale of the pipeline, coupled with projects...
Mantashe, Mahlobo Conduct Joint Oversight Visit To Samancor Dikwena Tailings Facility
Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe, accompanied by Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation David Mahlobo and senior officials from both departments and specialised engineering teams, have conducted a joint oversight visit to...
Water
Metro News
Johannesburg Water Clarifies Facts Regarding The Waterworks Underground Water Augmentation Pilot Project
Johannesburg Water notes with concern the public statements regarding the groundwater project at the Waterworks community in Region G. These statements intentionally omit facts about the project’s scope, status and regulatory requirements....
City Of Johannesburg Launches Bus Electric Bus Trial Programme On Metrobus Routes
The City of Johannesburg’s Member of Mayoral Committee, Cllr. Kenny Kunene in collaboration with U40 Cities and several leading Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) In South Africa will launch a pioneering Electric Bus Technology trial programme...
Municipal Infrastructure And Mining: Critical And Interdependent
Municipal infrastructure is both crucial for supporting the mining sector, and can depend on mining to support municipal growth. It requires good leadership, skilled human resources and forward thinking to ensure a win-win environment for both...
Waste
Engineering
Structural Fire Risk Increases As Built Environment Evolves
Historically less of a focus than veld or wildfire risk, structural fires are creating increasing risk to lives, property, and economic stability as our built environment evolves. A renewed approach to building fire resilience must be taken through...
How Zinc Barrier Protection Helps Prevent Corrosion
Corrosion is a significant threat to the integrity of steel structures, resulting in major maintenance and replacement costs across industry sectors. One of the primary ways zinc coatings combat corrosion is through what is known as barrier...
South Africa’s Municipal Engineering Excellence Recognised And Knowledge Exchanged In Finland
While South Africa’s infrastructure crisis is dominating headlines and conversations around the country, in the global municipal engineering community, South Africa is holding its own as a world class champion of infrastructure excellence. This was...
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.
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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.
