The 2026 Water Outlook shows that water demand increased above the 1,5% target during the 2025/26 financial year, largely due to an early end to the rainy season which yielded below-average rainfall, followed by an extended drier summer. Household...
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...
Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (Manufacturing) (Pty) Ltd has announced the appointment of long-standing global manufacturing expert Angela Weathers as Plant Manager of its Silverton Manufacturing Plant, effective August 2026. Weathers joins...
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson, and the Executive Mayor of Mossel Bay Municipality, Alderman Dirk Kotzé, have signed a historic land-exchange pledge to advance the transfer of municipal land for the development of...
The countdown is on! 20 August 2026 is the final cut-off for WasteCon 2026 registrations and payments. If you have been meaning to attend, exhibit or sponsor the 26th edition of WasteCon, now is the time to secure your place. Join the Institute of...
South Africa’s waste and energy issues can seem impossibly large, especially when focusing on major metros. The larger metros are seen as epi-centres of the crisis and draw large portions of the available funding. Thabo Mngomezulu, director of Kasi...
The updated SANS 241 (the South African National Standard for Drinking Water) marks a decisive shift from checklist compliance to system-wide risk management, requiring water providers to understand, monitor and actively control water quality from...
Consulting Engineers South Africa’s (CESA) has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s release of the National Water Action Plan (NWAP), but is cautioning that infrastructure investment and institutional reform will only deliver results if South...
As Africa intensifies efforts to close the energy access gap and accelerate sustainable development, a dedicated discussion panel on Mini-Grids and Decentralised Energy Supply will take a prominent role at the 19th edition of the Africa Energy...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has completed its Annual Operating Analysis (AOA) for the uMngeni, North and South Coast Water Supply Systems in KwaZulu- Natal. Following the analysis and consultations with stakeholders at the...
