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Solving environmental law confusion: Lawyer Lizette van der Walt launches innovative app
Lizette van der Walt is a lawyer specialising in environmental law. In her 27 years of experience, she noticed a general confusion around environmental laws in South Africa and decided to help by creating the Enviro Legal app. This app is designed to help users...
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Turning The Tide To Achieve SDG 6
Coming off the back of the WISA 2024 Biennial Conference and Exhibition, we can all agree that accelerated change is needed in achieving SDG 6 by 2030. As we celebrate 30 years of democracy this year and honour women during the month of August, it is fitting that we...
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[Industry Personality] Carin Bosman: Make noise and have a code
The water sector is filled with passionate people, Carin Bosman is one such passionate person, and she serves to remind us of all that water is for the betterment of humanity, and when you are tasked with doing what is right, you have to make some noise. Early on in...
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[Cover Story] 40 years strong: Lethabo Intake Pumping Station’s historic refurbishment
A part of Rand Water’s proactive infrastructure maintenance project comprised the refurbishment of pumps and electrical boards at the Lethabo Intake Pumping Station. This key facility pumps water to ESKOM Lethabo Power Station and supplies over half of Gauteng via the...
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Feeding monsters
Piet Steyn, managing director of Oilkol, remembers a time in the late 1950s and 60s when people used to drag trolleys behind them through the streets collecting waste. Over 60 years later, has all that much changed? These people, who were mostly...
Filtration to perfection
The use of membrane technology for water treatment is beginning to pick up in the Southern African region. WASA speaks to Henk Smit, managing director, Vovani Water Products, about the options available to the local market. There are various...
The water storage leader
Water security is a top priority, directly impacting on South Africa’s ability to maintain and grow its economy and meet infrastructure targets. WASA talks to James Preston, marketing manager, SBS® Tanks, about recent projects and the company’s...
Value added, one drop at a time
Water is a hot topic at the moment, largely due to the ongoing water crisis in the Western Cape where businesses and consumers are taking extraordinary measures to keep the taps running. While consumers are required to consume no more than 50 ℓ per...
Gold-standard pumping solutions
Mine water applications require specialised pumping technology. Katrina Zlobich, business development manager, Grundfos, talks to Water&Sanitation Africa about Grundfos’ holistic offering to the mining industry. What are the challenges South...
Modular treatment solutions
With three of South Africa’s provinces having been declared drought disaster regions, the country as a whole faces a long-term water security challenge. Modular water treatment plants may provide an answer. South Africa’s urban areas generally...
Sustainability
Enel and Qatar join forces to develop renewables in Sub-Saharan Africa
Enel Green Power signed an agreement with a subsidiary of Qatar Investment Authority for a joint venture partnership aimed at financing, building and operating renewable projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. The parties also signed an agreement whereby...
Netcare recognised as a champion in environmental sustainability
Dr Richard Friedland, chief executive officer of the Netcare Group, had high praise for the Group’s environmental sustainability team after it was announced that Netcare has received four gold medals in the global 2020 Health Care Climate Challenge...
GreenCape: Celebrating a decade of green economy growth
Since the official launch on 5 November 2010, GreenCape has leveraged its funding partnerships and industry networks to facilitate R41 billion worth of investment into the South African green economy, supporting the creation of 19 000 direct green...
SA receives World Bank support to stimulate demand-side energy efficiency market
South Africa’s efforts to further develop its energy efficiency market have received a boost with a US$305 000 World Bank grant towards developing a study on sustainable financial mechanisms for demand-side energy efficiency market. The...
CESA highlights the importance of value in the quest for quality and sustainable infrastructure
Each year, World Quality Day aims to increase worldwide awareness of the important contribution that quality makes towards both organisational and national growth and prosperity. Falling this year on 12 November, the 2020 theme was Creating...
Reducing food waste with sustainable packaging
By 2050 the world’s population is predicted to reach 9.1 billion, which will require an increase of 70% food availability. With 33% of food lost or wasted each year, high-performance packaging plays a critical role in today’s global...
Industry News
South Africa’s first electric bus officially goes live
South Africa’s first active electric bus has officially been launched in Cape Town. Golden Arrow Bus Services earlier this year started testing two fully electric buses to determine the viability of a carbon-neutral fleet. Sufficient testing...
30% of South Africa’s paved road network is in very poor condition
South Africa’s road network is the largest and longest interconnected road network in sub-Saharan Africa covering approximately 750,811km of roads. Such a large network needs to be governed by multiple governmental bodies at different levels that...
SA’s construction sector recovery slowed in first quarter, says Afrimat
SA’s construction sector recovery slowed a little in the first quarter of 2021 due to seasonal effects as well as the second wave of Covid-19, according to an index tracking activity in the sector. Afrimat, the JSE-listed open-pit mining company...
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Rand Water to reduce water supply to municipalities that owe it millions
Rand Water has threatened to reduce its water supply to three defaulting municipalities by 20%. According to Rand Water, the Ngwathe municipality in the Free State, Govan Mbeki municipality in Mpumalanga and Madibeng in the North West owes the...
Pipeline repairs: Water to Pretoria city centre flows again
The water crisis which hit sections of the Pretoria has been resolved. The City of Tshwane said on Thusrday it had completed the repairs to the Salvokop pipeline in the Fountains vicinity which burst a week ago. The burst pipe left residents,...
City of Tshwane placed under administration
The Gauteng Executive Council has placed the City of Tshwane under provincial administration following current uncertainty and instability within the municipality. Making the announcement on Thursday, Gauteng Premier David Makhura said the decision...
Engineering
#CESAAonAwards2018
Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) gave out the 2018 CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards last week. The annual awards event serves as a platform to showcase the important role that infrastructure plays in the sustainable development and...
Rewarding engineering excellence
The consulting engineering industry came together last night for the 2018 CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards – a celebration of innovation, quality, outstanding workmanship and professionalism in the engineering industry. The annual awards...
Engineer.next
By Jessi Sunkel, Young Engineers South Africa There have been plenty of books and movies and papers predicting the future and how it will look and how humans will engage with one another and the world around them. The most famous of all these is...
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