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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...
Closed loop water circuits for mines
The mining sector is estimated to consume around 5% of South Africa’s water resources and many are in drought-stricken regions where water is in short supply. This calls for the creation of cost effective, water-efficient solution, built around...
[COVER STORY] Composting can save the world
With the disposal of organic waste under increasing control and scrutiny, finding on-site solutions will ensure a legally and environmentally compliant waste management system. A recent study conducted by the CSIR showed that almost 60% of all...
M&D sets benchmark in pipeline construction
With an ability to complete projects valued up to R1-billion, Murray & Dickson Construction’s (M&D’s) skills, experience and capacity are being harnessed by mining houses, petrochemical and gas suppliers, as well as by the country’s water...
Half a century of engineering solutions for Africa
Water conservation and demand management, water resilience and appropriate water solutions for water-scarce areas will be the major focus in the future of Mariswe’s Water and Sanitation consulting business. Celebrating its 50th anniversary this...
Intelligent infrastructure needs smart interconnectivity
Sustainable growth hinges on the ability to optimise resources and the infrastructure backbone that serves communities and economies. Sean Bennett, Group Executive at NEXTEC (a proudly EOH company), expands on the Group’s smart technologies and...
Municipal microgrids promote clean energy and autonomy
For South African municipalities, microgrids present a strong business case in terms of power security and sustained supply, especially for critical infrastructure during downtime on the national grid. By Shireen Sayed The latest update to the...
Sustainability
The construction and décor industries go green
The rapid growth of the “fast-furniture” industry to the often-hazardous impacts of paint on the environment, the “home sector;” encompassing construction, décor and design, have had increased pressure to improve its performance in terms of...
An organic solution to solving South Africa’s mining waste problem
Mining Indaba 2022 cast a renewed focus on sustainability in the mining sector, which is known to generate enormous volumes of solid and liquid waste. Highlighting decarbonisation and circular economy goals, with major players who have committed to...
2021 confirmed as most intensive load-shedding year to date
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has released its annual statistics on power generation in South Africa for the year 2021, painting a very dark picture of the state of Eskom and the energy supply in South Africa. The annual...
High performance adhesive plays a role in supporting UN World Oceans Day
While the ocean connects, sustains, and supports us all, its health is at a tipping point and the well-being of all who depend on it. The aim is to create a new balance with the ocean that no longer depletes its resources but instead restores its...
Recycling hazardous used oil responsibly is essential to protect our environment
Speaking at the 2022 World Environment Day global campaign, “#OnlyOneEarth”, CEO of ROSE Foundation Bubele Nyiba said the initiative calls for transformative changes to policies and choices to enable cleaner, greener, and sustainable...
SRK completes vital land outlook study for SADC
SRK Consulting recently completed a Global Land Outlook (GLO) study focused on Southern Africa. Conducted for the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), the report was published earlier this year. The UNCCD appointed SRK...
Events
Industry News
Municipalities lose up to 40% of water to aging infrastructure
Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu led the National Water and Sanitation Summit in Midrand, Gauteng thsi past weekend. The summit aimed to find lasting solutions to challenges facing the sector and to ensure water security and dignified...
Opinion
[Expert Insight] The new energy frontier in Africa
The 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, which seeks to limit global increase in temperatures to less than 2°C this century, was signed by 195 countries, 33 of which are African. By Patrick Prestele, Frost & Sullivan’s Consultant To achieve this...
[INDUSTRY INSIGHT] Defining the future of networking
Agile, intelligent and scalable networks don’t need ripping out – they need smart solutions that blend the old and the new, explains Mervyn Goliath, managing executive: Data Networks at BCX. Digital transformation, reinvented connectivity and...
Water
Metro News
Resumption of water supply to Tshwane communities
The Minister of Water and Sanitation, Mr Senzo Mchunu, along with the Premier of Gauteng, Mr David Makhura as well as the Mayor of Tshwane, Councillor Randall Williams, have restored the supply of water to the residents of Laudium and Kosmosdal in...
SALGA expresses concern about the state of municipal finances
The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) has expressed a ‘profound sense of disappointment’ at what it sees as deteriorating levels of accountability in the recent audit outcomes of local government for the period 2019/20....
Prasa recruits community to safeguard the rail agency’s infrastructure
In a bid to protect the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s (Prasa) infrastructure, the entity has trained volunteers in the Western Cape to join its newly launched programme, the People’s Responsibility to Protect Project (PR2P). The...
Waste
Engineering
Future uncertain as consulting engineers stand ready to serve
Finding solutions to momentous social, economic, and environmental challenges in South Africa today demands – more than ever – the expertise of consulting engineers, but can the sector remain up to the task? The question is a real one, according to...
Construction industry has stellar health and safety compliance rate
Tibor Szana, Inspector General: Department of Employment and Labour, says that the construction industry has a “mindblowing” compliance rate of 76% when it comes to health and safety and ranked in the top five sectors in relation to compliance....
Zutari provides design and site supervision services for three major bridges in LHWP Phase II
Leading consulting engineering and infrastructure advisory firm Zutari has been awarded a contract by the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) for design and site supervision services for the Senqu Bridge, the Mabunyaneng Bridge and the...
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