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The Circular Energy Story
During 2017, many currents were moving all at once; the lighting industry faced ever-increasing pressure to become compliant, while industry sectors adopted voluntary product stewardship as an alternative approach, and Patricia Schröder had established an...
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eWASA Speaks Frankly About EPR In South Africa
Launched in 2021, South Africa’s Extended Producer Responsibility system took a then-voluntary approach and turned it mandatory. These regulations have been a key driver of sector growth, building waste management infrastructure, enabling recycling, and creating...
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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...
Featured
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...
Latest
Warning: Excessive Municipal Water Consumption Places Supply System Under Severe Pressure – Water Crisis Looming!
Rand Water warns that water consumption by several municipal customers has reached exceptionally high levels, placing the water supply system under increasing pressure. Although Rand Water is pumping at maximum capacity, demand continues to rise...
Reclite SA Launches Vision 2030 To Prepare For Future Recycling Demands
Specialist electronic and hazardous waste recycler Reclite SA has launched Vision 2030, setting out its approach to managing increasingly complex waste and preparing for the risks associated with changing products and technologies. Managing...
Who Employs The Workforce? The Changing Business Model Reshaping Construction
Small and micro enterprises accounted for 55.3% of construction jobs in South Africa in 2024, up from 40.6% a decade earlier (Statistics South Africa). At the same time, the largest 100 firms’ share of industry income fell from 40.0% to...
City of Johannesburg To Launch Alexandra Township Automotive Hub
The City of Johannesburg, through its Department of Economic Development, will lead the official launch of the Alexandra Township Automotive Hub, which will be officially launched by the Executive Mayor, Cllr Dada Morero. The facility is dedicated...
Transnet Freight Rail Sets New World Record With 696-wagon Iron Ore Train
Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) has achieved a global freight rail milestone, safely operating a 696-wagon empty train on the Iron Ore Export Line from Saldanha to the Northern Cape. The train reached Loop 18 on 18 October 2026, successfully completing...
Ekurhuleni Receives Go-ahead To Procure 2400 MW From IPPs
A Ministerial Determination under Section 34 of the Electricity Regulation Act has paved the way for the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality to procure some 2400MW of new generation capacity from Independent Power Producers (IPPs). This was...
Sustainability
Recycled Plastics Take Centre Stage As SAPRO Crowns Its 2026 Champions
Cape Town’s Silo District played host to the 12th annual SAPRO Awards for the Best Recycled Plastic Products on 21 August 2026, with MAK Plastics taking the night’s top honour as South Africa’s plastics recycling industry showcased how...
Sunscreen For Lakes And Dams: Could A Thin Floating Layer Of Nanomaterial Shield Water From Evaporation?
Water stored in dams and reservoirs for humans to use often evaporates, especially in hot regions like southern Africa. Rising temperatures speed evaporation up, leaving less water for people, farming and industry. Daniel Kwasi Kpeglo has just...
South Africa’s Top Court Blocked Shell’s Wild Coast Oil Search: Why It Matters For Climate Justice
South Africa’s Constitutional Court – the country’s highest court – handed down a landmark judgment for climate change and environmental justice in mid-August 2026. The companies had planned to use seismic surveys in the waters off the country’s...
Extreme Weather And Rising Electricity Costs – The Green Connection Urges Parliament To Withdraw Proposed Gas Bill, Warns Of Climate, Community And Financial Risks
As communities in South Africa and around the world face increasingly severe weather events, and local households grapple with unaffordable electricity prices, following another major tariff increase, The Green Connection is urging Parliament to...
From Solar To Water – Why On-site Plants Are The Next Big Industrial Resilience Shift
Over the past decade, South African business leaders learned a hard lesson about power: relying on a single, centralised grid is a massive gamble. To keep doors open and maintain productivity, businesses took control into their own hands, with...
South Africa’s Electric Logistics Shift Gains Momentum As Off-Grid Charging Expands Along The N3
South Africa’s transition to electric mobility may be closer than many realise, with new off-grid charging infrastructure projects aiming to tackle one of the country’s biggest transport and energy challenges: how to electrify long-distance...
Events
Industry News
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...
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...
Infrastructure’s Role In Femicide
Part of my job is connecting disparate social issues to infrastructure to explore the full scope of how infrastructure pushes and pulls on South Africa’s wider socioeconomic issues. As events unfolded in Kempton Park, where the bodies of...
Water
Metro News
Pikitup Urges Residents To Protect Bins And Reduce Waste
Pikitup, the City of Johannesburg’s waste management entity, is urging residents to safeguard their bins against theft and practise responsible waste management as its 240-litre bin distribution campaign continues across the city. The campaign...
Gauteng To Rehabilitate Seven Tshwane Bridges To Enhance Road Safety
The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport has officially begun rehabilitating seven bridges along provincial routes in the City of Tshwane. The project forms part of the Department’s ongoing efforts to preserve critical road infrastructure,...
Johannesburg’s Green Champions Honoured With 7 International Awards At The 2026 World Urban Parks Symposium In Istanbul, Türkiye.
The Member of the Mayoral Committee for Community Development, Cllr Thapelo Amad, celebrates the awarding of six African regional honours in the prestigious 2026 World Urban Parks Awards Programme, to the City of Johannesburg. The awards were...
Waste
Engineering
How Zinc Barrier Protection Helps Prevent Corrosion
Corrosion is a significant threat to the integrity of steel structures, resulting in major maintenance and replacement costs across industry sectors. One of the primary ways zinc coatings combat corrosion is through what is known as barrier...
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...
Chery To Begin Local Production Of The Tiggo 4 Cross In 2027
Chery South Africa has confirmed that the Tiggo 4 range will be the first model produced at its newly opened Rosslyn manufacturing plant, with local production scheduled to begin in the second half of 2027. Both internal-combustion-engine (ICE) and...
Technology
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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.
