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Magalies Water Turns Crisis Into Innovation
The Klipdrift Modular Treatment Plant is Africa’s largest package water treatment plant and the first in the world to integrate dissolved air flotation (DAF) and sand filtration within a single modular treatment system. “The scale and innovation of the package...
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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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Gauteng Water Crisis: Power Outages Disrupt Rand Water
The Ministry of Water and Sanitation, led by Minister Pemmy Majodina and Deputy Minister David Mahlobo convened an urgent meeting on Monday 14 September 2026, with Rand Water, the Gauteng Provincial Government, Emfuleni Local Municipality (LM), the...
Finance Minister Confirms That Managing Infrastructure, Not Budget, Is The Crisis
Enoch Godongwana, South Africa’s finance minister, spoke this week about the country’s infrastructure backlog, admitting that our country lacks a proper infrastructure plan, not money. He pointed out that there’s more than R20 billion...
Sewage Crisis Threatens Rondebult Bird Sanctuary And Industrial Areas Of Wadeville
The Wadeville Action Group (WAG) is calling on environmental organisations, conservation bodies, government authorities and the media to urgently investigate an ongoing sewer infrastructure failure that is impacting the Wadeville industrial area...
SA Infrastructure: The Hidden Business Risk
South Africa loses nearly half (47.3%) of all municipal water supplied through leaks, infrastructure failures and other non-revenue losses, while copper theft is estimated to cost the economy more than R45 billion a year and road maintenance...
WasteCon 2026: Southern Africa’s Biggest Waste Management Conference
Excitement is building as the opening of WasteCon 2026 rapidly approaches. This, the flagship conference of the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA), will be held at Emperors Palace from 20 to 22 October, under the banner...
The City Of Cape Town Spends R75 Million On Vandalised Infrastructure
The City’s Energy Directorate spent approximately R75 million on infrastructure repairs and replacements resulting from vandalism and theft over the 2025/26 financial year. The City continues to invest significantly in its infrastructure programme...
Sustainability
Volatile Oil Markets Are Putting Virgin Plastic Supply Under Pressure
Renewed conflict in the Middle East threatens to further choke global oil supply, and the prospect of scarce and unaffordable virgin plastic looms large for manufacturers. “Abundantly available recycled plastic is no longer just a sustainability...
Polyco Backs Woman-led Recycling Enterprise With New Packa-ching Recycling Unit Launched In Benoni
Polyco, in partnership with women-led local enterprise Trash2Treasure Recycling and Waste Management, launched a new mobile Packa-Ching recycling unit in Benoni that also services Soweto. Representatives from Sasol, Department of Forestry,...
Circular Cement Programme Helps Young Builders Cut Costs and Grow Sustainable Businesses
As rising cement prices continue to squeeze small construction businesses, a new circular cement entrepreneurship programme is giving young builders and brickmakers the opportunity to reduce production costs, strengthen their businesses and adopt...
Ilikwa PV Facility Reaches Commercial Operation, Expanding SA’s Private Energy Market
Ilikwa PV Facility has achieved Commercial Operation Date (COD), marking the commencement of commercial electricity supply to multiple private commercial and industrial customers. Located near Parys in the Free State, the 50MW project represents...
Scrap Metal Compliance Remains Critical To South Africa’s Circular Economy
South Africa’s scrap metal sector already delivers one of the country’s most effective circular economy systems, but aligning compliance requirements with the operational realities of the industry remains a major challenge, says Alfred Julius...
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...
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Industry News
SA’s R1.9 Trillion Infrastructure Pipeline Signals Country At Work
South Africa is stepping up the pace of infrastructure delivery, with 81 Strategic Integrated Projects (SIPs) comprising 263 individual projects, with an estimated combined value of R1.9888 trillion. The scale of the pipeline, coupled with projects...
Mantashe, Mahlobo Conduct Joint Oversight Visit To Samancor Dikwena Tailings Facility
Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe, accompanied by Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation David Mahlobo and senior officials from both departments and specialised engineering teams, have conducted a joint oversight visit to...
Ford South Africa Names Angela Weathers Plant Manager for Silverton Manufacturing Operations
Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (Manufacturing) (Pty) Ltd has announced the appointment of long-standing global manufacturing expert Angela Weathers as Plant Manager of its Silverton Manufacturing Plant, effective August 2026. Weathers joins...
Water
Metro News
Joburg Launches Metroview Tool During Climate Action Plan Gathering
The City of Johannesburg’s Environment & Infrastructure Services Department (EISD), through its Air Quality and Climate Change Unit supported by the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), has convened a Town Hall Conference of...
Joburg Invests In Communities As It Unveils Recycling Sorting Facility
The Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Environment and Infrastructure Services in the City of Johannesburg, Cllr Jack Sekwaila, has welcomed the launch of Pikitup’s new recycling sorting facility at the Robinson Deep Landfill Site,...
New Development Bank (NDB) Concludes A $1 Billion Loan To Support Metro Trading Services Reform
The Government of South Africa has signed a $1 billion loan agreement with the New Development Bank (NDB) to upgrade infrastructure for the Metropolitan Municipal Services as part of the Metro Trading Services Reform Programme (MTSR). The NDB is...
Waste
Engineering
Engineering Concrete For Durability In Aggressive Wastewater Environments
Across South Africa and many other parts of the world, wastewater infrastructure is deteriorating well before reaching its intended design life. The problem is often not inadequate structural design or poor workmanship, but the aggressive...
OMODA & JAECOO Confirms JAECOO J5 For Local Production At Chery Group’s South African Plant
The JAECOO J5 will form part of the core production line-up at Chery Group’s first South African manufacturing plant. ICE and NEV derivatives are planned for local production, giving South African customers a broader choice of powertrains. Already...
The Blueprint To Fix Local Government Exists – Civil Engineers Have Been Drawing It For Years
Before the next municipal election on 4 November 2026, South Africans will cast their votes knowing what the past five years have delivered: a Gauteng water crisis that left the country’s economic heartland without water for weeks, a Knysna...
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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.
