The Water Futures Partnership is launching a new project in Zambia to reduce shared water risks, adding to the projects taking place in eight other countries around the world. Water Futures Partnership is a collaboration between business, NGOs and...
Harare residents continue to be dogged by water shortages, with areas in the central business district and most residential suburbs having to endure frequent long-lasting water cuts. In a service delivery update for August, the Combined Harare...
Ghana, according to the World Bank, spends GH₵ 290 million or its equivalent of 1.6% of GDP or $12.2 per capita on poor hygiene and sanitation annually. Sherry Ayittey, Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, said the estimate given by the...
How does your building measure up? Water & Energy benchmarking can help you better understand your property’s consumption and monitor performance over time. The Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) has launched the PILOT Energy and...
Despite being a water-scarce country, South Africa faces extremely high levels of water wastage with confirmation of losses at municipalities estimated to be close to 50%. The government now warns in a report that unless the country starts saving...
HydroMace XCi is a ready-to-use data logging platform to facilitate remote monitoring of inputs from flumes and weirs, water quality sensors and rainfall gauges, drinking water flows (detecting leakages) and weather stations. With a fully...
Two of South Africa’s big-four banks say while they welcome the introduction of alternative building technologies in the residential sector, they are not yet ready to finance container housing. Earlier this week, Citiq Group unveiled a...
The DA on Monday tabled proposals seeking to promote more private sector involvement in South Africa’s infrastructure-build plan. The proposals were aimed at “curbing the potential for large-scale corruption” related to big...
Last week, Marlboro residents barricaded roads and burnt tyres in protest against illegal evictions in the area. In the last two months, the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) has cracked down on a community of shack dwellers in...
Government is pinning hope on its ability to plug leaking pipes, reduce pollution and “stretch” resources to stave off a looming fresh water crisis. “We don’t want development to be held back by a lack of water, or lack of access to water,”...
