The 2020 WISA Conference calls for #allhandsondeck to address the looming water crisis caused by insufficient water infrastructure maintenance and investment, climatic variation, inequities in access to services, deteriorating raw water quality,...
Water tank truck tenders are suspected to be behind the KwaZulu-Natal district municipalities’ failure to provide clean tap water to communities. This was a view of provincial finance portfolio committee chairperson Sipho Nkosi. Nkosi was among...
According to Rand Water, on 2 December the Vaal Dam was at 40,8 percent capacity. Department of Water spokesperson, Sputnik Ratau updates gives an update on the status of the dams, amid heavy Gauteng rainfall....
A master plan to address South Africa’s water crisis has been released by Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu. Spokesperson Sputnick Ratau says the national water and sanitation master plan is about ensuring the...
The top six schools involved in Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa’s (CCBSA) Schools Recycling Programme won a total of R200 000 in cash prizes at an award ceremony hosted in Auckland Park, Johannesburg. The overall winners in the primary and high...
Plastics SA has congratulated the Department of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries (DEAFF) on the hosting of a very successful Plastics Colloquium in Boksburg recently. According to Anton Hanekom, Executive Director of Plastics SA, they...
With South Africa’s unemployment rate now at a staggering 29.1%, one Mpumalanga woman has come up with an initiative that will create over 250 jobs through a community-based recycling waste management centre in rural Mpumalanga. Source: SABC...
Ford is doing its part to combat climate change by recycling old coffee waste from McDonald’s into car parts. The automaker will be taking food waste from the fast food giant, diverting it from a landfill to its laboratory, where it will be...
The Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) tunnel has been re-opened with water already reaching the Saulspoort Dam in Bethlehem in the Free State. The water project was closed for two months to allow for inspection and maintenance. Human...
At Consulting Engineers South Africa’s (CESA) 66th Annual General Meeting held in Johannesburg last week, Sugen Pillay from Zitholele Consulting was inaugurated as President of the organisation for the next two years, succeeding Neresh Pather. He...
