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Multimedia | Infrastructure news - Part 23

Infrastructure News Round-Up | 12 November 2021

Infrastructure News Round-Up brings you all the latest news making headlines in infrastructure, water and sanitation, and waste management, in just 90 seconds. In the headlines today: Trevor Noah Foundation donates R8 million to the youth-driven Faranani Infrastructure Project Supermarket trolley crowned recycled product of the year Transparency in government is...

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Apr 2, 2019 | Multimedia

IPP’s and the future of Eskom

South Africa is attempting to move away from its heavy reliance on coal by investing in renewable energy through the Independent Power Producer Programme. However, unions are concerned that the split of Eskom could lead to privatisation and...

Apr 1, 2019 | Multimedia

Day Zero – lessons learnt

Cape Town managed to avoid becoming the world’s first big city to run out of water. But a group of academics is now looking beyond Day Zero to see what lessons can be learned from the Cape Town Water Crisis. A year after the height of the...

Mar 28, 2019 | Multimedia

Is it possible to live a ‘zero waste’ life?

Bianca Mularoni, a postgraduate Sustainability student at the University of Edinburgh, explores her journey towards living a low waste life. Nowadays, individuals produces massive amounts of waste in their daily life, with major environmental...

Mar 27, 2019 | Multimedia

Africa needs private sector to bridge its infrastructure deficit

Africa will need to rope in the private sector if it is to bridge its infrastructure deficit as it works towards deeper integration. The continent faces a $108 Billion dollars a year funding gap a year with power by far Africa’s largest...

Mar 25, 2019 | Multimedia

Mpumalanga villages plea for water availability

While the country marks Water Week, themed ” 20 Years of Water Delivery for Social and Economic Development”….. On the ground it’s a different picture. 64 villages in Thembisile Hani local municipality in Mpumalanga have...

Mar 22, 2019 | Multimedia

World Water Day: what’s space got to do with it?

UN Sustainable Goal 6 is crystal clear: Water for all by 2030. For World Water Day we take a look at ways that space can help this global challenge. While Earth-observing satellites monitor our precious water resources, technologies developed for...

Mar 20, 2019 | Climate Change Multimedia

Millions of students march against climate change

Millions of students from across the world marched through the streets calling for world leaders to act against climate change. The mostly teenaged protesters marched with banners reading “save our future”. For more on the story we are...

Mar 20, 2019 | Multimedia

Sol Plaatje Municipality clamps down on non-complying building owners

The Sol Plaatje municipality is clamping down on building owners who do not comply with regulations when constructing or converting existing buildings into residences. The municipality has found that a privately-owned building that was converted...

Mar 19, 2019 | Multimedia

Dhesigen Naidoo on World Water Day

World Water Day is marked globally on the 22 of March every year. The day is used to advocate for the sustainable management of fresh water resources, now. To mark this day the Department of Water and Sanitation and the Water Research Commission...

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