Eighteen rural mountain communities in Lesotho have formally complained about Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP). The massive project, a joint scheme with South Africa, will supply water to Gauteng and generate electricity for...
South Africa has taken an important step towards meeting its carbon reduction commitments under the Paris Agreement, with carbon budget regulations that will demand tangible action from the country’s large emitters. Published for comment in early...
In a milestone achievement for South Africa’s renewable energy sector, Concor has taken full control of the Balance of Plant (BoP) scope on the TotalEnergies Renewables De Aar 2 South Wind Energy Facility in the Northern Cape. This marks the first...
The Municipality of Walvis Bay in Namibia has strengthened its sewer and drainage maintenance capabilities with the addition of a South African-manufactured Werner Pumps jetting trailer to complement its existing Werner Pumps combination jetting...
The Verder Group is underpinned by two divisions: Verder Liquids, a high-tech pump-manufacturing specialist, and Verder Scientific, a leading laboratory and analysing-equipment supplier. “Our divisions are two sides of the same coin. While Verder...
When the taps of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) were perilously close to running dry, one of the most impactful lifelines didn’t come from building a new dam or a flashy pipeline. It came from the flow of data through a new...
The latest water solutions would go nowhere without the correct training. South Africa cannot afford to pour money into good technology without backing that technology up with skills. Ensuring that people who operate their pumps are in the know,...
The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Velenkosini Hlabisa, has officially handed over the completed works of the Ekuvukeni Water Supply Project in KwaZulu-Natal’s Alfred Duma Local Municipality. Addressing...
South Africa’s recycling initiatives under the extended producer responsibility (EPR) legislation are proving positive. PETCO, a producer responsibility organisation (PRO), published its annual review stating that they have met the legislated...
By 2021, the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) had collapsed. As corruption and mismanagement took hold over the previous ten years, the rail service became increasingly unreliable and unsafe. Almost all of PRASA’s customers stopped...
