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Reducing Risk and Building Trust with Bureau Veritas
A world leader in testing, inspection and certification services, Bureau Veritas operates in agri-food, industry, commodities as well as building and infrastructure markets. Water is a critical resource across all these sectors, and as its quality declines, water...
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Tsebo Facilities Management Champions Water Conservation in the Workplace
Multiple provinces in the country are grappling with deteriorating water quality and increasingly frequent and lengthy disruptions to water supply. And as a workplace management solutions provider, Tsebo is tackling this reality head-on. “Most of our customers within...
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A New Defender Emerges To Tackle Water Pollution
“Water pollution in South Africa has worsened, and it has worsened largely due to the collapse of municipal governance. By not properly planning for, operating, maintaining or building water and sanitation infrastructure, raw sewage is running down some streets in...
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Can Municipalities Keep The Water Flowing?
South Africa’s growing urbanisation is straining the current water infrastructure, necessitating sustainable water. Having a reliable water supply is tied to social stability, and disruptions undermine community well-being as well as environmental...
Dam Owners Given Sixty Days To Register Their Dams
The Department of Water and Sanitation calls on dam owners across the country who own unregistered dams to promptly undertake the dam registration process in order to ensure dam safety compliance as required by law. This comes as the Minister of...
Can Municipalities Keep The Water Flowing?
South Africa’s growing urbanisation is straining the current water infrastructure, necessitating sustainable water. Having a reliable water supply is tied to social stability, and disruptions undermine community well-being as well as...
HDPE Pipelines: A 100-Year Solution For South Africa’s Water Infrastructure Challenges
Water losses, mostly caused by leaking or broken pipes and infrastructure, are untenably high in most South African cities. Part of the remedy is the repair and replacement of collapsing pipelines. Kirsten Kelly talks to Jan Venter, CEO of the...
Why Solar Subscriptions Might Not Be the Best Financial Decision
Solar power has emerged as the top choice for homeowners looking to reduce their grid electricity costs in the face of massive multi-year tariff hikes, as well as escape the crippling impact of power outages as a result of crumbling municipal...
Eskom Issues Disconnection Notice for Services to Free State Municipality
Eskom has announced the publication of a disconnection notice for bulk electricity supply to Tokologo Local Municipality in the Free State due to an unpaid debt of R300 million. The state-owned power utility said the action is per the provisions of...
How A Labour Force Underpinned By Collective Bargaining Can Help Achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals
Delivering on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is becoming imperative for both the South African and global building industries. Many of the 17 goals set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by UN...
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Latest Boost To SA’s Circular Economy Examined On Sidelines Of Global Sustainability Conference
The opening day of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA)’s annual conference saw the country’s most experienced producer responsibility organisation, Petco, and recycling partner Extrupet giving a site tour for a new PET processing...
Making landfills greener
Since waste is an inevitable byproduct of development, effective waste management is essential. While there are newer technologies available nowadays, there remains a need for landfills. Landfills are not the pits of rot that they once were, and...
Building Tomorrow’s Cities Today
As more people move to urban areas, there is an increasing need for cities to become more efficient, sustainable, and liveable. Smart city initiatives explore how advanced technologies – such as data analytics, IoT, and artificial intelligence –...
Powering the future: Schneider Electric’s vision for a sustainable, electrified world
The modern world runs on electricity, without it, everything grinds to a halt. But, as the global community moves away from fossil fuels, and towards decarbonisation, we must collectively ask: “How do we address this challenge?” Schneider Electric,...
New Book Launch: “Planet Aqua” by Jeremy Rifkin Challenges Our Understanding of Earth
Renowned author and environmental thought leader, Jeremy Rifkin, has just launched his latest book, Planet Aqua: Rethinking Our Home in the Universe. The book introduces a groundbreaking perspective on the future of life on Earth, reshaping our...
Take Advantage of the 125% Solar Tax Incentive Before It Expires
Businesses that act quickly can still take advantage of the substantial 125% income tax incentive available for solar energy projects completed and operational by this tax year-end (28 February 2025). To meet the deadline for this generous...
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SAICE Calls for Robust Reporting Mechanisms to Combat Intimidation
The challenge of ethical project delivery within the civil engineering community is significantly complicated in the wake of rising issues of intimidation and the potential for violence, including threats to life. Intimidation can manifest in...
Dekra’s Heroes Of Safety: Better Than Ever And Better Together!
Dekra Industrial and its training division, the Dekra Institute of Learning (IOL) are pleased to announce their move into impressive new premises in Naledi industrial park outside Sasolburg – and the expansion of their existing premises in...
The Skills Challenge: What Must Be Done To Get It Right?
South Africa is grappling with a significant skills challenge, evidenced by a staggering 33.5% unemployment rate in the second quarter of 2024, according to Stats SA, as well as an escalating shortage of competent technical skills. The pressing...
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Metro News
District Development Model ensures government works as a team
The District Development Model (DDM) is a demonstration of the three spheres of government’s focus on resolving service delivery challenges facing communities in South Africa, says Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs,...
Economic insight into the construction industry 2024
This article has been edited by Infrasture News, the original was first published on Industry Insight After the tough negotiations establishing the Government of National Unity, the markets rewarded the country’s democratic process with a...
CoGTA Minister talks tough on underperforming municipalities
Newly appointed Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Velenkosini Hlabisa, has stated that the seventh administration is committed to working towards turning around dysfunctional municipalities, including the eThekwini...
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Engineering
30 years of democracy, 18 dams
30 years of democracy brings celebration, scrutiny and questions namely: What has been done? The Department of Water and Sanitation has certainly been busy, constructing 18 dams since 1994. KZN Qedusizi Dam Bivane Dam Braamhoek Dam Spring...
New arc welding standards open for public comment
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) is seeking public comment on the adoption of several International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards into the South African National Standards (SANS). These standards are designed...
South Africa’s first solar facade skyscraper
Energy Partners, in collaboration with Fairvest Limited, has just completed the Metalbox skyscraper solar project in Auckland Park, Johannesburg. This is a first for South Africa in terms of sustainable architecture. The groundbreaking project...
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