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Driving Smarter, More Resilient Water Systems: Endress+Hauser On Digitalisation In South Africa
As ageing infrastructure, rising water losses and stricter compliance intensify pressure on water systems, digitalisation has become essential. For Endress+Hauser, one of the world’s leading process instrumentation and automation specialists, digitalisation offers a...
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South Africa Accelerates The Adoption Of Clean Cooking As G20 Legacy Programme Takes Shape
South Africa is moving forward with an ambitious clean cooking initiative developed under its 2025 G20 Presidency, with early implementation already underway in KwaZamokuhle, Mpumalanga. The programme, through Outcome 3 of the Energy Transition Working Group (ETWG)...
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AWSISA: A Collective Voice For A Sustainable Water Future
The newly established Association of Water and Sanitation Institutions in South Africa (AWSISA) seeks to unite the sector in tackling its most pressing financial, operational, and governance challenges. Kirsten Kelly speaks to Ramateu Monyokolo – chairperson of both...
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More Precious Than Gold: Rand Water’s Legacy Of Service And Innovation
Founded in 1903 amid Johannesburg’s early gold-rush chaos, Rand Water has spent more than a century proving that water, not gold, is South Africa’s most valuable resource. From pioneering bulk supply systems to leading today’s infrastructure megaprojects, the...
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Call To Include Climate Adaptation In Budgets
The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Willie Aucamp, has called on African leaders to mainstream climate change adaptation and resilience across their planning and budgets. “Droughts, floods, cyclones, sea level rise, and heat...
The History Of The Zambezi River Is A Tale Of Culture, Conquest And Commerce
The Zambezi is Africa’s fourth longest river, flowing through six countries: Angola, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, where it becomes the largest river to flow into the Indian Ocean. The entire length of the river is referred to...
Off-grid Sanitation Goes Live In Khayelitsha
On Thursday, 27 November, the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Sanitation, Councillor Zahid Badroodien, and local Ward Councillor Kayalethu Gxasheka joined representatives from the Water Research Commission (WRC), WEC Water and other...
Umoyilanga Hybrid Project reaches Provisional COD with Dassiesridge Plant
EDF power solutions is pleased to announce that its Umoyilanga hybrid project successfully reached Provisional Commercial Operations Date (Provisional COD) with its Dassiesridge Plant in the Eastern Cape, on Friday 5 December 2025. The Umoyilanga...
Transnet And ICTSI Seal Partnership For Durban Container Terminal Pier 2
Transnet SOC Ltd (Transnet) and the world’s largest independent terminal operator, International Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI) today officially signed a 25-year partnership agreement for the strategic Durban Container Terminal (DCT) Pier...
70% Of South Africa’s Municipalities Score Less Than Average On Their Water And Sanitation Assessments
Water, its infrastructure and its delivery have taken a priority position in South Africa’s agenda. While the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) acts as custodians of the country’s water, delivery is done by the local government. These local...
Sustainability
From Waste To Feed To Food
The UN estimates that the human population will grow from 8 billion to 10 billion by 2050. This extraordinary figure forces the world to reckon with one of its biggest challenges, namely, how do we ensure food access for these billions of people?...
Recycled Plastic Products Get Their Due
The push to use recycled plastic as a raw material in manufacturing is essential to keeping recycling going, Oliver Bonstein, general manager of South African Plastics Recycling Organisation (SAPRO), says, “Without end-markets for recycled plastic...
Closing The Sanitation Gap With Local Partnerships
Globally, 3.4 billion people lack safe sanitation, and untreated wastewater continues to pollute rivers and groundwater. Since 1977, BORDA (Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association) has worked to close this gap in over 25 countries....
The Industrial Symbiosis Programme That Is Helping Build The Circular Economy
Circularity forces the fast-paced and harsh business environment to slow down and foster collaboration where there previously was none. The peak of this collaborative process is industrial symbiosis, the process of having the waste of one business...
Women In Waste – Leading Change In A Circular Economy
The IWMSA Central Branch hosted a Women’s Month event where four speakers shared stories about their journeys, values and resilience in an industry that is pivotal to sustainability. Makgabo van Niekerk, EnviroServ’s Head of Public Affairs and...
Concor Nurtures Karoo Biodiversity At Karreebosch Wind Farm Project
Mitigating the environmental impacts of construction work needs careful planning and meticulous execution, especially in areas like the Karoo – where vegetation can be more sensitive to disruption and take longer to recover. The 140 MW...
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Industry News
Infrastructure Investing: Transforming A Price-takers Market
South Africa has bold ambitions to unlock over R1 trillion in infrastructure spend. If this is realised, this will translate into a series of transformative projects across energy, water, student housing, internet infrastructure and logistics hubs...
EWSETA’s Vision To Transform TVET Colleges Into Engines Of A Future-Fit Energy And Water Workforce
South Africa stands at the threshold of an unprecedented opportunity. With the energy transition accelerating and new industries emerging in hydrogen, digitalisation and water resilience, the next few years will determine how well the country...
Gauteng Condemns Vandalism On G20 Signage And Infrastructure
The Gauteng Provincial Government (GPG) has condemned the “malicious and seemingly coordinated” attacks of vandalism on revamped infrastructure and signage ahead of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg. The summit will be held in the city from...
Water
Metro News
Cape Town Adopts Rail Business Plan, Vision 2050
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the City will engage national government on the handover of passenger rail services following Council’s adoption today of a detailed Rail Business Plan. Council further adopted the Cape Town Long-Term Plan,...
Drakenstein Municipality Secures 11th Clean Audit, Cementing Its Status As Western Cape’s Best
The Auditor-General of South Africa has awarded Drakenstein Municipality its 11th clean audit for the 2024/2025 financial year. This is the Municipality’s seventh back-to-back clean audit and 18th unqualified audit opinion since 2011. The...
National Treasury Publishes Operating Budgets For Municipalities
The National Treasury has published the operating and capital budgets of municipalities as adopted by their respective councils to enable communities to hold their municipal councils to account. “These budgets give an overview of expected revenue...
Waste
Engineering
EWSETA’s Vision To Transform TVET Colleges Into Engines Of A Future-Fit Energy And Water Workforce
South Africa stands at the threshold of an unprecedented opportunity. With the energy transition accelerating and new industries emerging in hydrogen, digitalisation and water resilience, the next few years will determine how well the country...
R32 Billion Investment Opportunity In Western Cape’s Water Sector
The Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs & Development Planning (DEA&DP) has published the 2025 regional water market intelligence report (MIR) identifying key developments in the water sector. “The key findings from the MIR’s...
KSB Launches Revolutionary Imvubu Wastewater Pump
KSB has officially launched the KSB ELN-150 Imvubu, a rugged new self-priming wastewater pump developed and built in South Africa specifically for African operating conditions. Named after the Imvubu which is the Zulu word for hippopotamus, then...
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Digital Magazines
ReSource
The official magazine of the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) and is endorsed by 12 industry associations. ReSource is only integrated resources and waste management magazine in southern Africa.
- ReSource promotes integrated resources management, with a special focus on waste management and cleaner production and waste to energy initiatives.
- It provides comprehensive coverage of new developments, technologies, legislation and role players in the waste and environmental protection sectors.
- Owing to the organisations with which it is affiliated, the magazine has access to up-to- date news and unique information regarding its industry.
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Water & Sanitation Africa
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.
- The magazine provides industry updates and project information for both the public and private sectors.
- It is a vital source of business intelligence for municipal engineers, process controllers, water scientists, researchers, consulting engineers, plant operators, DWS government officials, treatment specialists and suppliers to the industry.
- Due to the multitude of connections within the industry, Water&Sanitation Africa provides in depth coverage on the latest trends, projects, challenges and opportunities within the sector.
