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Solving environmental law confusion: Lawyer Lizette van der Walt launches innovative app
Lizette van der Walt is a lawyer specialising in environmental law. In her 27 years of experience, she noticed a general confusion around environmental laws in South Africa and decided to help by creating the Enviro Legal app. This app is designed to help users...
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Turning The Tide To Achieve SDG 6
Coming off the back of the WISA 2024 Biennial Conference and Exhibition, we can all agree that accelerated change is needed in achieving SDG 6 by 2030. As we celebrate 30 years of democracy this year and honour women during the month of August, it is fitting that we...
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[Industry Personality] Carin Bosman: Make noise and have a code
The water sector is filled with passionate people, Carin Bosman is one such passionate person, and she serves to remind us of all that water is for the betterment of humanity, and when you are tasked with doing what is right, you have to make some noise. Early on in...
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[Cover Story] 40 years strong: Lethabo Intake Pumping Station’s historic refurbishment
A part of Rand Water’s proactive infrastructure maintenance project comprised the refurbishment of pumps and electrical boards at the Lethabo Intake Pumping Station. This key facility pumps water to ESKOM Lethabo Power Station and supplies over half of Gauteng via the...
Western Cape water supply and demand – the situation
The Western Cape Province, which is in the South West corner of South Africa, falls predominantly within two water management areas (WMAs), the Breede-Gouritz and the Berg-Olifants. By GreenCape While South Africa is one of the most water stressed...
Restoring Blesbokspruit Wetland through bugs and home decoration
The Blesbokspruit Project (one of the five Blue Deal South Africa projects) works on restoring and optimising the health of the Blesbokspruit Wetland. Located in the Upper Vaal catchment within the quaternary drainage area (C21D) near Springs,...
Resourcing the world – a commitment to SDG 6
Veolia Services Southern Africa has aligned its business to help its customers support the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The UN’s 17 SDGs have one ambitious target – to end extreme poverty and achieve sustainable development worldwide...
Planning for a water secure future begins today
The year – 2022 – was an extraordinarily difficult one for the KwaZulu-Natal. Floods ravaged the province in April that year, leaving in its wake a trail of death and destruction. While Mhlathuze Water did not to experience any major disturbances...
The Blue Deal Magic
In the Blue Deal South Africa Programme, local water institutions are working together with the Dutch Water Authorities (DWA) to provide 2.5 million people in South Africa with access to clean, sufficient and safe water. Phase 1 of the programme...
Title deed issuance in low-income areas – pilot studies expose complex problems
While South Africa has a robust and well-regarded system for registering property ownership, it is expensive, complex, and inaccessible for lower income households. As a result, parties to property transactions commonly make use of alternative...
Sustainability
Nordex Group aims to provide fully recyclable wind turbine blades by 2032
Ahead of the imminent release of the Nordex Group’s 2022 Sustainability Report, it has been announced that the company is now participating as one of the eighteen partners, in a sustainability project, funded by the European Union, to drive the...
SAVA reports successful recycling of PVC products in South Africa
South Africa continues to record a gradual increase in the annual recycling of PVC products. Despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic on the industry, the recycling rate of vinyl products increased by 9.5 % in 2020. The following year...
NCPC-SA Trains Professionals for a Green Economy
The National Cleaner Production Centre South Africa (NCPC-SA) invites companies interested in improving their resource efficiency and saving money to register their in-house representatives and/or consultants for upcoming NCPC-SA training...
New partnership aimed at empowering African nations in the fight against plastic pollution
As the world moves towards an international, legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, IUCN and GRID-Arendal have partnered in a new project called AFRIPAC, aimed to empower five (African) nations´ negotiating skills for a strong Global...
Trash to treasure for a sustainable built environment
The well-known proverb “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure” has never been truer than on Global Recycling Day, Saturday 18 March 2023. With over 8.3 billion metric tons of mostly single-use plastics manufactured globally since the start of...
Zinc supports clean energy technologies from solar to wind
Renewables play a key role in South Africa’s Just Energy Transition (JET) towards a low-carbon, sustainable and socially inclusive future. “R1.5 trillion will be invested in our economy over the next five years in new frontiers such as renewable...
Industry News
An accelerated commitment to the delivery of road construction projects
Acting Premier of the North West Province, Nono Maloyi has vowed to fast-track the completion of road projects in the province. This follows an oversight visit to Nelson Mandela Drive in the provincial capital, Mahikeng. The...
Tackling the irony of renewable energy
The environmentally friendly goals of renewable energy have driven demand for the extraction and processing of minerals for lithium-ion batteries, wind turbines, motors and solar panels. Fortunately, technology is available to minimise any adverse...
Transport minister allocates R25.4bn to Sanral to strengthen the national non-toll network
The South African National Road Agency Limited (Sanral) has been allocated R25.4 billion from the Department of Transport that will go towards the upgrades of non-toll networks and projects. Delivering her maiden budget vote speech, Transport...
Water
Metro News
Urban water crises driven by elites’ unsustainable consumption, study says
Over the past two decades, more than 80 metropolitan cities across the world have faced severe water shortages due to droughts and unsustainable water use. Future projections are said to be even more alarming since urban water crises are expected...
A tale of two cities
Cape Town is two cities in one: one is an affluent global city; the other is a city of poverty, slums, shackdwellers and homeless people, with little to no municipal services. By Jemima Spring (Mycelium Media Colab), Prof Lesley Green...
Opinion
The link between stormwater and sanitation
In South Africa, wastewater and stormwater are conveyed in separate pipelines. And while it can be an environmental disaster and health hazard for stormwater and sewage to meet, it is advisable to manage both as part of an integrated urban water...
Waste
Engineering
SAICE responds to the Minister of Finance’s 2023 Budget
The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) acknowledges the difficulties presented to Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana in preparing the national budget under the current economic circumstances in which the country finds itself. As...
Megapile’s solid foundation is built on reliability and integrity
A consistent top performer in the highly competitive geotechnical engineering contracting field, Megapile is renowned for its fit-for-purpose piling and lateral support solutions. John Oliver, director and owner of Megapile, talks to IMIESA about...
Gabion Baskets expands the boundaries of environmental engineering
Celebrating its 17th anniversary in June 2023, Gabion Baskets has grown its base as a specialist manufacturer and solutions provider of gabion systems to become a market leader in South Africa, alongside steady export penetration into Africa....
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