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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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Ramokgopa Unveils Massive R2.2 Trillion Electricity Plan To Revive Economy
The Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has announced an ambitious Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2025 aimed at resolving the country’s long-standing electricity crisis and jump-starting economic growth. Government plans...
SA’s Nuclear Industrialisation Plan Aims To Drive Economic And Energy Capacity
South Africa is preparing to develop a comprehensive nuclear industrialisation plan that goes far beyond simply converting nuclear energy into electricity, according to Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. “It’s not just...
Empowering Communities Through Clean Energy – EWSETA Advances South Africa’s G20 Clean Cooking Legacy
South Africa has achieved a significant milestone in its clean energy transition through the G20 Clean Cooking Legacy Programme, a global initiative that united all G20 member states behind the goal of universal access to sustainable energy....
From Coal To Clean Water: Arnot’s New Legacy
Seriti Resources, in partnership with Nafasi Water Technologies, is launching a project to finance, build and operate a water treatment project at the Arnot Closed Colliery near Middelburg, Mpumalanga. This initiative reflects Seriti’s commitment...
WISA Climate Change Division Present a Webinar on International Day of Climate Action
To mark the International Day of Climate Action, the WISA Climate Change Division invites professionals, researchers, and stakeholders from across the water sector to join a free online webinar exploring how South Africa is responding to the urgent...
Record-Breaking Absa ESD Expo Boosts SMMEs – Generating R24 Million In Business Opportunities
This year’s 14th annual Absa Enterprise & Supplier Development (ESD) Expo, held alongside the 19th annual Smart Procurement World Indaba, wrapped up with record-breaking attendance and over R24 million in business opportunities generated for...
Sustainability
Joint venture to build green battery recycling facilities in SA
Local investment firm Tabono Investments has signed a partnership agreement with battery recycling platform ACE Green Recycling to build two environmentally sustainable battery recycling facilities in South Africa. Through this joint venture, the...
Plastics agreement can accelerate circularity and eliminate waste
Members of the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) joined delegates in Punta Del Este, Uruguay late last year for the first meeting of the International Negotiation Committee (INC-1) which is charged with creating a global...
Financing energy project development in Africa
Experts agree that sustainable economic growth throughout Africa depends on infrastructural development and distribution of clean energy. Raising capital for energy projects and building sustainable pipelines is complex in a market that is...
Nedbank’s partnership-based finance model helps to transform the fuel sector
Transformation in the fuel sector is a key imperative, particularly in ensuring that barriers to entry for black entrepreneurs are reduced, allowing for greater representativity and ownership, says Prithivan Pillay, head of client value...
Desperate need for SANS 30500 certification scheme
Due to the high level of South African representation on the international panel that supported the creation of ISO 30500, we were one of the first countries in the world to identically adopt the standard as SANS 30500 in 2019. However, setting up...
SADC learns from Sahel in Great Green Wall strategy
Africa is drawing from its own lessons as it works toward land degradation neutrality (LDN), with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) adopting its own Great Green Wall Initiative (GGWI) strategy based on the continent’s experience in...
Industry News
7 Strategies Creating More Resilient Mine Dewatering
Mining and water are synonymous, though it’s not always a constructive relationship. Water helps reduce dust, cool and wash equipment, and assist in transporting and filtering material dug up from pits and tunnels. Water’s destructive...
ERWAT (Ekurhuleni Water Care Company) Received A Clean Audit For The 2023/2024 Financial Year
The Auditor-General that audits the Annual Financial Statements for the financial book year 2023/2024, announced that ERWAT has achieved a clean audit. This is a huge milestone for ERWAT as it is its first clean audit since 2010. This...
Government Reiterates Call To Register Spaza Shops
Government has encouraged all spaza shop owners and vendors to register their businesses with their local municipality by the end of the week. “Spaza shops must be registered to ensure that food safety laws are followed, and dangerous goods are...
Water
Metro News
Planned Rand Water Maintenance to affect Johannesburg Water systems in June and July 2025
Rand Water is set to conduct major maintenance work on the bulk water supplier’s infrastructure from 3 June to 21 July 2025, which will impact on some of Johannesburg Water’s systems. The objective of the maintenance is to improve plant...
Operation Vulindlela: Government’s Plan to Fix Municipalities
The “vicious cycle” of crumbling infrastructure and failing service delivery besetting municipalities is now under sharper focus as the second phase of Operation Vulindlela (OV) kicks off. Operation Vulindlela is a joint initiative of the...
Johannesburg Water Condemns Attacks on Employees and Vandalism of its Infrastructure
Johannesburg Water strongly condemns any form of violent attacks shown to the Entity’s officials, as well as any acts of vandalism towards the City’s infrastructure which is meant to service the residents and customers of the COJ. Johannesburg...
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Engineering
SAICE calls for resilience in tackling challenges following the 2024 State of the Nation Address
In the same spirit in which President Cyril Ramaphosa relayed the State of the Nation Address (SONA), the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) emphasises the need for resilience to address the challenges facing South...
CESA reiterates its call for a paradigm shift in governance – one that prioritises ‘action over promises’ post-SONA
As the nation grapples with multifaceted challenges, the importance of collaboration and decisive action cannot be overstated. In response to State of the Nation address; Chris Campbell, CEO of the Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA),...
CESA’s New President David Leukes calls for translating policy into action ahead of SONA
In a media address held in Sandton, north of Johannesburg, Consulting Engineers South Africa’s (CESA) newly appointed President, David Leukes, emphasised the importance of translating policy into action ahead of the South Africa’s State of...
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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.
