2013 has been an extremely successful year for SBS Tanks and, as a result, for the producers of this premium product, SBS Water Systems’ managing director, Delayne Gray, tells Water&Sanitation Africa. “In March, we launched our own SBS...
Rise in digital service usage will drive Africa’s mobile data business to be worth US$23 billion in 2018 Smartphone users in South Africa spend on average US$31 per month on their mobile phone bills. This finding comes from research commissioned by...
According to a case study spearheaded by the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA), if three million existing low-income houses were converted to ‘green’ homes, the electricity saving would be enough to power a city the size of Durban or...
A group of Kenyan women are taking advantage of cheaper fuel alternatives to support their families. They live in one of the country’s poorest neighbourhoods. Their fuel alternative could save hundreds of trees in Nairobi’s Kibera...
“Landfills and the Waste Act implementation – What has changed? ” This was the primary question being asked by IWMSA President, Dr Suzan Oelofse, when she delivered her paper in the Opening Session of the Landfill 2013 Conference, which started on...
Healthy indicators in growing sector An upbeat atmosphere prevailed at SAPPMA’s 7th Annual Conference, Pipes VII, held in Midrand this September. Having recently unveiled its new corporate identity and concluded its 9th AGM, the South African...
Celebrating the progress of the countries rail transport plans on Friday 20 September, President Jacob Zuma inspected the Balfour railway line construction site in Mpumalanga. Zuma said during his visit, “We are witnessing progress in the...
While the annually utilizable groundwater resources in South Africa are in the same order of magnitude as the surface water sources – 7 000 to 10 000 million m³/a – at this point only 20% of this volume is used. “This figure presents a large unused...
At the end of last month Cabinet approved for gazetting and a public consultation process, the National Water Policy Review, which is undertaken as a means to fill in the existing gaps in water policy and to facilitate necessary amendments....
