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Mendy Shozi: Water’s Importance Cannot Be Overstated
Water is scarce, wasted, and taken for granted. It is also a vital source of life and dignity. Mendy Shozi, President of the South Africa Youth Parliament for Water and project manager at Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association, is in her words “water...
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Navigating Resistance: Overcoming Barriers to Regulatory Reform in South Africa’s Water Sector
Introducing new regulations often meets with resistance, and the water sector in South Africa is no exception. Regulation 3630 is an example and stems from various sources, including institutional inertia, stakeholder interests, and socio-economic factors....
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Making Every Drop Count In Gqeberha
Droughts are not new to Gqeberha (formerly called Port Elizabeth). Located in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, Gqeberha experiences a semi-arid climate with erratic rainfall, making it prone to periodic water scarcity. This has inspired a unique partnership...
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Reducing Risk and Building Trust with Bureau Veritas
A world leader in testing, inspection and certification services, Bureau Veritas operates in agri-food, industry, commodities as well as building and infrastructure markets. Water is a critical resource across all these sectors, and as its quality declines, water...
How responsible forestry can be part of a plastic pollution solution
While life without plastic might be hard to imagine, there is a renewable, recyclable and sustainable alternative to single-use plastics and many other fossil fuel derivatives: wood from responsibly managed plantations and forests. This is the...
Putting people first in solving the water crisis
Unfortunately, technology alone will never solve the water crisis, we desperately need to go back to basics and adopt a more people centric approach. By Dan Naidoo, chairman, WISA Our absolute disconnect with people was highlighted in a recent...
Smoking out illegal stormwater and sewer connections
For over a decade, the City of Cape Town’s Water Pollution Control Unit has been using smoke tests to combat pollution and sewage overflows as well as high volumes of excess water that can stretch the capacity of wastewater conveyance systems. ...
Why are round tanks better than box shaped tanks?
Most water reservoirs have curved surfaces with a spherical, paraboloid or cylindrical shape. Such round tanks enjoy structural advantages over tanks with square or rectangular surfaces. By Quinton Coetzee, director, Rainbow Reservoirs Round...
Insights into the WULA process
The water use license application (WULA) process balances economic growth and environmental preservation. Nonhlanhla Mnengi, an associate at Webber Wentzel, provides some legal views and updates on regulatory shifts in water use licensing. ...
Innovative Leak Detection and Water-Savings Systems trialled by Growthpoint Properties
All kinds of properties require water for a variety of purposes. The plumbing system that supplies water to the property is designed to be efficient and durable, with the expectation of providing many years of trouble-free service. However, the...
Sustainability
World Engineering Day promotes sustainable development
The World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development was proclaimed by UNESCO at its 40th General Conference in 2019. It is celebrated worldwide on 4th March of each year since 2020. The day offers an opportunity to highlight engineers and...
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...
Industry News
Construction industry has stellar health and safety compliance rate
Tibor Szana, Inspector General: Department of Employment and Labour, says that the construction industry has a “mindblowing” compliance rate of 76% when it comes to health and safety and ranked in the top five sectors in relation to compliance....
The programme makes every project count
Building and infrastructure projects provide a vital catalyst for positive socio-economic development, employment and skills development. IMIESA speaks to Cyril Gamede, CEO, Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), about the roll-out of the...
Turning the tide against rampant corruption in the construction industry
The recently launched Infrastructure Built Anti-Corruption Forum (IBACF) by Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Patricia de Lille, in partnership with various private sector bodies, public entities and civil society, marks a significant...
Water
Metro News
No water for Langa community
Elderly members of the community in Langa are worried about how they will keep clean amidst the spread of the COVID-19 as they have no running water. Source:...
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,...
Waste
Engineering
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...
Gearing up for International No-Dig South Africa 2018
The International No-Dig Conference and Exhibition is coming to South Africa for the first time in 2018, and will bring with it knowledge from across the globe on the latest techniques and trends in trenchless technology. The conference hosted by...
ELB Group reports a return to profitability
Despite political uncertainty, currency volatility and difficult trading conditions the ELB Group has managed to lift itself out of its 2016 financial slump with a return to profitability across all group segments. The engineering solutions...
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