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School Sanitation Solutions That Go Beyond The Toilet Block
Youth Month may have ended, but our commitment to safe, dignified school sanitation for every learner must continue throughout the year. In this article, Kirsten Kelly investigates how BORDA is helping schools provide safer, healthier learning environments while...
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The Water Research Commission Champions Citizen Science For A Changing Climate
As extreme weather events become more frequent, the Water Research Commission (WRC) and the South African Weather Service (SAWS) are harnessing citizen science to improve local weather monitoring, strengthen early warning systems, and help vulnerable communities...
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The Ongoing Case For Landfills In The Evolving Landscape Of Waste Management In South Africa
Landfills, depending on who you speak to, are either highly engineered last resort environmental barriers, or the biggest openly legal threat to environmental health. The truth is that the role of the landfill has changed over the years, and its ongoing utility is the...
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APE Pumps Blends Engineering Expertise With AI
Pump selection is complex, with many factors shaping its performance. APE Pumps is simplifying the process through an AI-powered tool that streamlines data analysis and improves accuracy, while still relying on experienced engineers to interpret results and ensure the...
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Financing South Africa’s Water Future: Why Innovative Funding Models Are Essential
South Africa’s water sector faces an enormous financing challenge. With an estimated R90 billion required annually for water and sanitation infrastructure, but average spending of just R17 billion a year between 2018 and 2022, the gap...
Johannesburg Water Accelerates Smart Technology Rollout To Reduce Water Losses
As part of its commitment to improving water security and enhancing operational efficiency, Johannesburg Water is leveraging smart technology and innovative infrastructure to build a more resilient and sustainable water supply network. These smart...
Cape Town’s Water Model: A Conversation On Resilience, Investment, And Innovation With Leonardo Manus
Cape Town is usually shown as an example municipality in South Africa, but it had to overcome many obstacles to get to this position, perhaps the most infamous was Day Zero, when residents’ taps ran dry. Reflecting on this and providing...
Strengthening Youth Pathways Through Water: The Strategic Role Of WISA
If South Africa is to build a more inclusive and opportunity-rich future for its youth, it must invest in institutions that bridge policy, practice and people. WISA plays a leading role in developing skills, fostering professional excellence and...
Beyond Elections: Leadership, Governance And Service
Recent reports of increased voter registration among South Africa’s youth have generated considerable discussion. While much of the conversation will understandably focus on what this means for the future, there is another perspective worth...
Opening Address By The Minister Of Water And Sanitation At The Water Institute Of Southern Africa (WISA) Biennial Conference And Exhibition
Theme: Rethinking Amanzi: Securing Our Future Programme Director; President and Leadership of the Water Institute of Southern Africa; Honourable Ministers and Deputy Ministers; Director-General of the Department of Water and Sanitation;...
Sustainability
SA, UN Collaborate To Push Towards Sustainable Development Goals
The Government of South Africa and the United Nations in South Africa will on Friday sign a five-year Cooperation Framework Agreement aimed at supporting South Africa’s national development priorities and the Sustainable Development Goals...
SAMRC And DFFE Join Forces To Strengthen Air Pollution Research And Protect Public Health
The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will strengthen collaboration between environmental and health experts to...
Amazon Invests In One Of The World’s Largest Carbon Removal Projects, Creating 11 000 Jobs And Restoring Nature
The hills in South Africa’s Eastern Cape are connected to the families who live there. Farmers grow their crops in the soil while animals graze on the vegetation. But over time, the Albany thicket covering large parts of the landscape has...
Alarm Raised Over Proposed Lephalale Methane Gas Project – Calls For Comment Period Extension, For Meaningful Public Participation
Next week (29 June) is the deadline for public comment on an application for a Coalbed Methane Exploration Project in Lephalale, Limpopo. With only days to go, Earthlife Africa Johannesburg joins local activists and other civil society...
Land Restoration Projects Bring Jobs And Water Relief To Rural Communities
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), in partnership with the Department of Agriculture and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), is implementing land restoration projects in Limpopo and the Northern...
From Beneficiaries To Owners: How South Africa’s Communal Farmers Are Rewriting Conservation Finance
South Africa has long been home to some of the continent’s most remarkable landscapes – sweeping grasslands that sustain millions of livestock, underpin rural livelihoods and quietly store vast quantities of terrestrial carbon, making them vital to...
Events
Industry News
Appointment Of Chief Executive: Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA)
Transnet SOC Ltd (“Transnet”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mohammed Abdool as the Chief Executive of Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), effective 01 May 2026. Mohammed brings over 29 years of professional experience in financial...
Seacom Launches Seacom PeeringReach To Extend South Africa’s Exchange Fabric Into Local Municipalities, Reducing Connectivity Costs
Seacom announced the launch of Seacom PeeringReach at ZANOG iWeek 2026, Irene Country Lodge. Seacom PeeringReach is a cost-effective Layer 2 connectivity solution designed to extend South Africa’s Internet Exchange (IXP) fabric directly into...
Challenging Conventional Wisdom In Infrastructure
The battle against atmospheric corrosion has cost global industries billions in maintenance and premature structural failure. While carbon steel is the traditional workhorse of infrastructure, its tendency to revert to a natural state of iron oxide...
Water
Metro News
Temporary Withholding Of Equitable Shares For 69 Municipalities Across South Africa
Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, confirms that the National Treasury is temporarily withholding R13.5 billion in equitable share transfers to 69 municipalities across all nine provinces, including major metros like the City of Johannesburg....
Mpumalanga’s Emakhazeni Fails To Bill Residents As Its Towns Crumble
For two years, Dullstroom resident Anita Minnaar has not received a municipal bill. Sitting in her teashop, The Rose Garden, she said she has continued paying an estimated monthly amount to the Emakhazeni Local Municipality. But for the past three...
Joburg Working With Treasury To Resolve Challenges
City of Johannesburg (CoJ) Mayor Dada Morero has assured city residents that the municipality is working with National Treasury to resolve its challenges. This after the municipality, along with 68 others, had their July 2026 equitable share...
Waste
Engineering
Engineering Concrete For Durability In Aggressive Wastewater Environments
Across South Africa and many other parts of the world, wastewater infrastructure is deteriorating well before reaching its intended design life. The problem is often not inadequate structural design or poor workmanship, but the aggressive...
OMODA & JAECOO Confirms JAECOO J5 For Local Production At Chery Group’s South African Plant
The JAECOO J5 will form part of the core production line-up at Chery Group’s first South African manufacturing plant. ICE and NEV derivatives are planned for local production, giving South African customers a broader choice of powertrains. Already...
The Blueprint To Fix Local Government Exists – Civil Engineers Have Been Drawing It For Years
Before the next municipal election on 4 November 2026, South Africans will cast their votes knowing what the past five years have delivered: a Gauteng water crisis that left the country’s economic heartland without water for weeks, a Knysna...
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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.
