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Reducing Risk and Building Trust with Bureau Veritas
A world leader in testing, inspection and certification services, Bureau Veritas operates in agri-food, industry, commodities as well as building and infrastructure markets. Water is a critical resource across all these sectors, and as its quality declines, water...
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Tsebo Facilities Management Champions Water Conservation in the Workplace
Multiple provinces in the country are grappling with deteriorating water quality and increasingly frequent and lengthy disruptions to water supply. And as a workplace management solutions provider, Tsebo is tackling this reality head-on. “Most of our customers within...
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A New Defender Emerges To Tackle Water Pollution
“Water pollution in South Africa has worsened, and it has worsened largely due to the collapse of municipal governance. By not properly planning for, operating, maintaining or building water and sanitation infrastructure, raw sewage is running down some streets in...
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Can Municipalities Keep The Water Flowing?
South Africa’s growing urbanisation is straining the current water infrastructure, necessitating sustainable water. Having a reliable water supply is tied to social stability, and disruptions undermine community well-being as well as environmental...
30 years of democracy, 18 dams
30 years of democracy brings celebration, scrutiny and questions namely: What has been done? The Department of Water and Sanitation has certainly been busy, constructing 18 dams since 1994. KZN Qedusizi Dam Bivane Dam Braamhoek Dam Spring...
Department of Public Works and Infrastructure Deputy Minister, Sihle Zikalala, to celebrate excellence at ERWIC Awards
Department of Public Works and Infrastructure Deputy Minister Sihle Zikalala will honour the outstanding achievements of women in the construction industry when he delivers his keynote address at the cidb’s 5th Annual ERWIC Awards taking place...
Riversands dam breaches: The impact and ongoing investigation
Riversands has once again been subject to flooding as a fourth dam wall breached as a result of work carried out by the Department of Water and Sanitation. The latest dam breach follows an earlier flood in the area due to extreme rainfall in the...
Ramokgopa Withdraws 2.5 GW Nuclear Procurement Plan Due to Lack of Public Consultation
Electricity and Energy Minister Dr. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has officially withdrawn a Ministerial determination to procure 2,500 MW of new nuclear capacity, citing insufficient public consultation as the primary reason. The determination, which was...
Ramaphosa Signs Electricity Regulation Amendment Act into Law, Paving the Way for Independent Transmission System Operator
President Cyril Ramaphosa has officially signed the Electricity Regulation Amendment (ERA) Act into law, marking a significant step toward establishing a fully independent Transmission System Operator (TSO) within the next five years. This...
Alternative sanitation solutions: Where are we?
I have worked for over decade in the alternative sanitation space. My career began as a candidate engineer tasked with writing training reports on alternative sanitation solutions, which was especially challenging since they were not yet fully...
Sustainability
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...
Empowering SA women working in automation, manufacturing and infosecurity
The month of March marks International Women’s Month, with International Women’s Day celebrated on 8 March. Adopted by the United Nations, this year’s theme of ‘DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality’ recognises the gap in...
[OPINION] The road to sustainable mobility
In 2023, we are standing at the crossroads of significant decisions to be made around the interdependency between our future Energy and Mobility industries in South Africa. Make the wrong decisions, and we will likely pay the price in terms of...
Collaborative talent pipeline initiatives start to reap rewards
Lack of awareness around the employment opportunities in the pulp and paper industries, combined with the challenges of South Africa’s poor education outcomes, have led to a talent shortage, but the industry’s collaborative efforts in addressing...
Mpact reports robust operations and strong financial performance
Mpact, the largest paper and plastics packaging business and recycler in Africa, reported their year-end results for the 12 months ended 31 December 2022. Bruce Strong, Mpact Chief Executive Officer, said: “We’ve had a good year thanks to our...
SABS cautions against unverified claims of degradable plastics
South Africa generates 2.4 million tons of plastic waste every year, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). This means that every South African contributes about 41kgs of plastic waste per year and about 14% is recycled. The South...
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Training to improve the management of public finances
Councillors and senior managers from municipalities in the iLembe district have completed extensive training to improve the management of public finances and to strengthen the oversight role expected of councillors. The 35 councillors and managers...
Net zero carbon buildings – a necessity for sustainable service delivery
The City of Tshwane is acutely aware of the environmental impact that buildings and non-renewable energy have on its ecological footprint. The City has therefore taken steps to capacitate building control officers, building plan...
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...
Metro News
Water crisis intensifies due to lack of maintenance of infrastructure
Gauteng residents have been left with no water due to Rand Water’s lack of adequate and regular maintenance of its water infrastructure, says the Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng. According to DA Gauteng Spokesperson for Infrastructure...
Gauteng to spend R1.2 billion towards resolving energy crisis
The Gauteng Provincial Government is set to release R1.2 billion towards resolving the energy crisis in the province. “In a few weeks, we will appoint six developers who will commence the construction of an 800 megawatts solar farm in...
Another KZN farmer taken to task for constructing an illegal dam for farming business
The Department of Water and Sanitation continues to tighten its firm hand on illegal water use. Another Estcourt farmer in KwaZulu-Natal was made to pay a whopping R1.5 million administrative fee for conducting illegal and unauthorised water use...
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Engineering
SANRAL clarifies position on award of major tenders
The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has sought to explain the process followed with the recent awarding of major tenders. This comes after public outcry over the Sanral board announcing it had awarded four tenders worth more...
Redefining Road Safety Engineering in South Africa
We all know someone who has either lost their life or suffered a life-changing injury due to a road traffic accident. And yet when we step back and think about it, we realise that every accident is indeed preventable, writes Verushka Balaram, Head:...
SAICE questions the awarding of SANRAL tenders to foreign companies
The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) is deeply concerned by the recent awarding of tenders by the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) to joint ventures led by foreign companies. Four of the five tenders, that were...
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The official magazine of the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA), the magazine publishes content dealing with the supply, governance, financing, treatment and measurement of water and sanitation in southern Africa.