The roll-out of smart meters by City Power, to mitigate load-shedding, improve consumption efficiency, achieve meter-reading accuracy, reduce meter-reading costs and regulate consumption, is gathering speed. According to the City of Johannesburg...
An innovative evaporation system that incorporates proprietary water purification systems and misting canon technology may be the future of wastewater treatment. This is according to I-CAT technical manager Morné van Wyk who indicates that the...
The South African government’s strategy for overcoming water management challenges up to 2015 includes water conservation as well as demand-side management. The local water sector is combining efforts to put these and other worthy plans into...
Mhlathuze Water’s new CEO, Attwell Sibusiso Makhanya, has known the hardship of being without water – these formative experiences have fuelled his commitment to ensure ongoing excellence at the KwaZulu-Natal utility. “Growing up, my siblings and I...
Turning biogas into energy has proved successful and replicable using an astounding technology installed and operated by WEC Projects. This has the potential to save Johannesburg Water millions of rands, to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and...
South Africa has possibly the largest infrastructure build programme on the African continent, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said. “Not only does this investment create work opportunities and benefit companies in construction, materials supply,...
Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Kgosientso Ramokgopa, has dismissed allegations the city will have to pay about R1.2 billion over the next two years as a penalty to exit an agreement with PEU for smart electricity meters. Mayor Ramokgopa said he did...
Statistics indicate that there is an increase in electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) in South Africa each and every year. E-waste recycling, which helps to minimise this e-waste problem is taking place in South Africa but it is mainly...
The ANC says there is no debate in the party, regarding the privatisation of Eskom, saying that privatisation of the state utility, has never been discussed. However, the ruling party says a government-sponsored commission says privatisation is one...
Government is hard at work to develop solutions that enable effective, appropriate and environmentally sustainable removal of human waste, says Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa. Addressing the National Sanitation Indaba which last week, the Deputy...
