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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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Climate Blind, Weakly Regulated And Costly: SANPC Bill Is Not In Public Interest
The Green Connection recently submitted written comments to Parliament calling for the South African National Petroleum Company (SANPC) Bill to be withdrawn. The eco-justice organisation warns that the proposed legislation could deepen South...
South Africa’s Municipal Engineering Excellence Recognised And Knowledge Exchanged In Finland
While South Africa’s infrastructure crisis is dominating headlines and conversations around the country, in the global municipal engineering community, South Africa is holding its own as a world class champion of infrastructure excellence. This was...
eWASA: Refurbishment’s Place In South Africa’s E-Waste Systems
As South Africa’s extended producer responsibility (EPR) framework matures, refurbishers are emerging as a critical yet underdeveloped link in the country’s e-waste value chain. According to Keith Anderson, CEO of eWASA, the shift from a...
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...
Water Touches Everything: A Conversation With Keynote Speaker Refilwe Buthelezi
Refilwe Buthelezi sits at the intersection of engineering, regulation, operations, and infrastructure leadership. As President of the Federation of African Engineering Organisations, having led the Engineering Council of South Africa, and a...
South Africa And World Bank Sign US $1.5 Billion Development Policy Loan Agreement To Support Infrastructure Modernisation And Job Creation
The Government of South Africa and the World Bank have signed a US$1.5 billion Development Policy Loan Agreement aimed at supporting South Africa’s efforts to achieve inclusive growth by tackling infrastructure constraints, the primary barrier to...
Sustainability
GeT Metal Group Turns 150,000 Waste Tyres A Year Into Industrial Fuel, Eliminating Fossil Fuel Use In Aluminium Recycling
GeT Metal Group (Pty) Ltd and its subsidiary GeT Alloys (Pty) Ltd have successfully eliminated virgin fossil fuels from their aluminium melting operations by launching a pioneering waste-to-energy initiative. The project transforms approximately...
Turning Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Waste into Value: A Circular Economy Breakthrough
Circular Energy NPC is driving innovation in South Africa’s waste sector through a pioneering Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) recycling initiative. As a registered Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO), Circular Energy supports their trusted member...
Putting Real Sustainability Above Greenwashing
As sustainability becomes a central focus in the global beauty and wellness industry, so too has the rise of greenwashing, where brands overstate or misrepresent their environmental credentials. For South African companies operating in an...
Proposed Reforms To Modernise Environmental Governance
The government has launched a national stakeholder consultation process on the proposed reforms to South Africa’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) system. According to the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), the...
Rebuilding The Heart Of Kinshasa: How Zando Central Market Was Reimagined For People, Climate, And The City
In Kinshasa, the Zando Central Market was once a symbol of informal market vitality. Originally designed in the early 1970s to accommodate around 3,500 vendors, Zando Market grew to host nearly 20,000 traders, becoming overstretched without any...
Why The Circular Economy Is No Longer Optional For South Africa
South Africa is at a turning point in its relationship with waste – and the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) is calling on industry, government, and citizens alike to recognise that the circular economy is no longer a...
Events
Industry News
Macpherson Welcomes $1Bil Investment Unlocked Through Infrastructure SA
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson has welcomed Infrastructure South Africa’s contribution to the successful hosting of the South African Investment Conference in Sandton, last Tuesday. Macpherson also welcomed its role...
Stakeholders And Investors From Across The Country To Gather On Boosting Industrialisation And Jobs In The Northern Cape
Investors and stakeholders from the government, academia and business sectors are set to gather in Kimberley next month for the inaugural Northern Cape Investment and Jobs Conference. The conference is aimed at fast-tracking industrialisation,...
Werner Pumps Appoints New Technical Sales Representative
Werner Pumps has appointed Juan du Toit as technical sales representative. The company, which has been designing, manufacturing, supplying and maintaining specialist high-pressure jetting and vacuuming equipment for almost four decades, believes...
Water
Metro News
Eskom And Rand Water Embark On Phase 2 Of Planned Infrastructure Maintenance
Eskom and Rand Water completed Phase 1 of the planned infrastructure maintenance programme, which commenced on Friday, 29 May 2026 and concluded on Tuesday, 2 June 2026. During this phase, Eskom carried out planned maintenance on critical...
Rodgers Welcomes Improvement In Funded KZN Municipal Budgets
KwaZulu-Natal Finance MEC Francois Rodgers has commended the significant improvement in the number of municipalities adopting funded budgets for the 2026/27 financial year, describing it as an important step towards strengthening financial...
Treasury Temporarily Withholds Transfers To Non-complying Municipalities
National Treasury is temporarily withholding the July 2026 equitable share transfers to dozens of South African municipalities to instil strict fiscal discipline and root out financial misconduct. The intervention follows what the department...
Waste
Engineering
How Fair Wages Strengthen Productivity And Margins In Civil Engineering
As civil engineering contractors navigate tight margins in a constrained economic climate, there is growing recognition of the value that predictable employment conditions and fair wage structures bring to the sector. In an intensely competitive...
A South African Success Story In Global Engineering
SRK Consulting (SRK) was founded in Johannesburg in 1974 by Oskar Steffen, Andy Robertson, and Hendrik Kirsten. What began as a small South African practice with a focus on geotechnical engineering in mining, has grown into a global consulting firm...
Youth Month Highlights Opportunities We Inherit And Create
When I was growing up in a village in Limpopo, I watched infrastructure change lives. Roads improved access to services. Water systems brought dignity and livelihood opportunities. Communities that once struggled without basic infrastructure began...
Technology
- ReSource
- Water & Sanitation Africa
Digital Magazines
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.
Digital Magazines
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.
