Infrastructure News - Part 32

A mentor/mentee pilot project

The WISA Gauteng Branch (WISA-GP) has launched the MentWorking Project in Gauteng. A combination between MENToring and networking, the project will connect water professionals of all ages and provide a platform where younger professionals can...

Sustainability

Future trends in green financing

Green financing is likely to evolve over the next few years, with financial institutions increasingly requiring more accurate measurements of borrowers’ achievements against targets By Khurshid Fazel & Garyn Rapson, Partners at Webber Wentzel...

Dispatchable renewable energy is not a pipe-dream

With load shedding having already cost South Africa’s economy around R25 billion to-date, and no end to the power cuts in sight, the South African government is urgently looking for solutions. The energy shortfalls, primarily driven by poor...
Vaal river

No end in sight to Vaal River sewage problem

Millions of liters in raw sewage continue to flow daily into the Vaal River and there’s little hope the pollution crisis will end any time soon according to activist group, Save the Vaal Environment. The group says it’s been pressing...

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Nelson Mandela Bay needs R6 million for water crisis

Government will have to spend about R6 million on water tanks and trucks for emergency relief of the current water challenges in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. “Rand Water estimated that it would cost government R6 million to procure 100 x 5 000...

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