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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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CESA Responds to SONA 2026: South Africa Must Move Beyond Reactive Governance
Dear President Cyril Ramaphosa, Re: South Africa Must Move Beyond Reactive Governance Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) responds with urgency to your recent State of the Nation Address (SONA), where you acknowledged that water is now the...
Key Infrastructure Takeaways From SONA 2026
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the State of the Nation Address at a time of heightened scrutiny into South Africa’s infrastructure, particularly water and energy. With this heightened scrutiny, and many “in progress” and “not...
President Ramaphosa to Chair National Water Crisis Committee
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the establishment of a National Water Crisis Committee, which he will personally chair. This as government intensifies efforts to confront South Africa’s deepening water challenges. Delivering the State of...
WISA 2026 Technical Tours Showcase Innovation, Water Security and Ecological Stewardship in Cape Town
Delegates attending the 2026 conference hosted by the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) will have the opportunity to engage directly with some of Cape Town’s most forward-thinking water, sanitation and ecological restoration initiatives...
Statement By The Executive Mayor Of Johannesburg, Cllr Dada Morero, On Water Demand Management Interventions
The City of Johannesburg is taking decisive action to stabilise the water supply network and reduce consumption through a comprehensive, multifaceted Water Demand Management programme. This approach involves coordinated efforts between the City,...
Kulani Energy Acquires Critical Assets From Optipower To Strengthen Power Transmission Capacity
Kulani Energy has acquired critical assets from Optipower, which historically operated as a division of Murray & Roberts Limited (now in business rescue). The acquisition was concluded through Kulani Energy’s subsidiary, OptiProjects, which...
Sustainability
Pioneering Cold in-situ Recycling in Road Rehabilitation
The construction industry must move fast to adopt new technologies to overcome chronic productivity, safety, and efficiency challenges, with the aim of reducing project delays, material waste, and cost overruns. This is the view of Wimpie Janse van...
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...
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Industry News
Key Infrastructure Takeaways From SONA 2026
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the State of the Nation Address at a time of heightened scrutiny into South Africa’s infrastructure, particularly water and energy. With this heightened scrutiny, and many “in progress” and “not...
DG-led Oversight Visit Identifies Safety, Infrastructure Gaps
Safety and infrastructure challenges affecting schools, police stations and victim support facilities were pointed out as areas of concern during a Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) Cluster Directors-General-led oversight visit in...
Workplace Skills Plan and Annual Training Report submissions: Strategic Skills Development or Last-minute Compliance Panic?
The 2026/27 Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) and Annual Training Report (ATR) submission window is open, with a firm deadline of 30 April 2026 for most South African SETAs. For many employers, this date is the difference between capturing value from...
Water
Metro News
WISA 2026 Technical Tours Showcase Innovation, Water Security and Ecological Stewardship in Cape Town
Delegates attending the 2026 conference hosted by the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) will have the opportunity to engage directly with some of Cape Town’s most forward-thinking water, sanitation and ecological restoration initiatives...
Statement By The Executive Mayor Of Johannesburg, Cllr Dada Morero, On Water Demand Management Interventions
The City of Johannesburg is taking decisive action to stabilise the water supply network and reduce consumption through a comprehensive, multifaceted Water Demand Management programme. This approach involves coordinated efforts between the City,...
Cape Building Workers Enjoy Record Benefits Despite National Stagnation
More than 34,000 building industry employees in the Western Cape received over R236 million in bonuses and leave pay at the end of 2025, thanks largely to the work of the Building Industry Bargaining Council (BIBC). Despite a stagnant national...
Waste
Engineering
CESA Warns of ‘National Infrastructure Maintenance Crisis” ahead of SONA
Ahead of the State Of The Nation Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa, Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) has warned that South Africa is facing a deepening national infrastructure maintenance crisis driven by years of under-investment,...
Waterfall City Holds Its Crown as Africa’s Leading Masterplan Project
Midrand’s Waterfall City has again claimed continental acclaim, winning Africa’s Best Masterplan at the International Property Awards in London. Willie Vos, chief executive officer of Waterfall City Management Company, extended his congratulations...
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...
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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.
