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Driving Smarter, More Resilient Water Systems: Endress+Hauser On Digitalisation In South Africa
As ageing infrastructure, rising water losses and stricter compliance intensify pressure on water systems, digitalisation has become essential. For Endress+Hauser, one of the world’s leading process instrumentation and automation specialists, digitalisation offers a...
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South Africa Accelerates The Adoption Of Clean Cooking As G20 Legacy Programme Takes Shape
South Africa is moving forward with an ambitious clean cooking initiative developed under its 2025 G20 Presidency, with early implementation already underway in KwaZamokuhle, Mpumalanga. The programme, through Outcome 3 of the Energy Transition Working Group (ETWG)...
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AWSISA: A Collective Voice For A Sustainable Water Future
The newly established Association of Water and Sanitation Institutions in South Africa (AWSISA) seeks to unite the sector in tackling its most pressing financial, operational, and governance challenges. Kirsten Kelly speaks to Ramateu Monyokolo – chairperson of both...
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More Precious Than Gold: Rand Water’s Legacy Of Service And Innovation
Founded in 1903 amid Johannesburg’s early gold-rush chaos, Rand Water has spent more than a century proving that water, not gold, is South Africa’s most valuable resource. From pioneering bulk supply systems to leading today’s infrastructure megaprojects, the...
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Forward Thinking: The Decades-Long Battle To Get Waste Management Right
South Africa’s waste challenges can seem overwhelming, but there is a history of forward-looking and highly skilled South Africans in the waste sector, and they have been active for some time. The challenges that South Africa is facing are being...
Cape Town Welcomes Final Court Order On Nersa Decision Timetable
In terms of section 172 (1)(a) of the Constitution, the court declared invalid Nersa’s public participation process for 2025/26 municipal tariff applications, ordering that Nersa must: By 31 January each year, inform municipalities of increases...
Shacks Fill With Sewage After Pipe Collapses
Families in the Lansdown Road informal settlement in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, have had raw sewage flowing through their shacks since Saturday. GroundUp visited the settlement, near Somerset Taxi Rank, on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Sewage was...
President Ramaphosa Hails New Sasol Gas Facility
President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the launch of Sasol’s new Integrated Processing Facility in Inhassoro, Mozambique, describing it as a milestone in South Africa–Mozambique energy cooperation and a model for regional development. Speaking at...
Cape Town Adopts Rail Business Plan, Vision 2050
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the City will engage national government on the handover of passenger rail services following Council’s adoption today of a detailed Rail Business Plan. Council further adopted the Cape Town Long-Term Plan,...
Drakenstein Municipality Secures 11th Clean Audit, Cementing Its Status As Western Cape’s Best
The Auditor-General of South Africa has awarded Drakenstein Municipality its 11th clean audit for the 2024/2025 financial year. This is the Municipality’s seventh back-to-back clean audit and 18th unqualified audit opinion since 2011. The...
Sustainability
Journey To Net Zero For Retailers
The growing environmental impact of the retail industry has again made headlines in recent weeks, with France’s senate approving a bill that directly addresses the environmental impact of the fast fashion industry. The bill proposes to...
Outdated Ticketing Systems Are Holding Precincts Back From Achieving Their Sustainability Goals
Every parking ticket printed has an environmental footprint. They need raw materials, energy for processing, and water for production. Discarded parking tickets contribute to land-based litter and pollution, especially if they’re not recycled...
Kyalami Horse Hotel Trials Revolutionary Stable Tiles From Tyre Recycler Mathe Group
The South Lawn Horse Hotel, essentially an Airbnb for horses and riders, not only provides accommodation close to South Africa’s premier equestrian venue, the Kyalami Equestrian Park, but is trialling a revolutionary flooring system made from...
BME Reaffirms Commitment To Delivering Sustainable Mining Solutions
By reliably employing used oil, a hazardous waste, as a key raw material in the manufacture of its standard bulk emulsions, Omnia Holdings company BME is striving to deliver sustainable, future-fit solutions through innovation and precision. This...
Recycled Plastic In Pipe Manufacturing: The Dangers And Opportunities
The Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturer Association (SAPPMA) is firm that recycled plastic cannot be used in pressure pipes. Pressure pipes are used to transport drinking water, gas, and wastewater when a system cannot rely on gravity. These...
Government Engages Stakeholders On Circular Economy
The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr. Dion George, has engaged members of the South African Plastics Pact on advancing the country’s circular economy. This collaboration signals the department’s steadfast commitment to...
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Industry News
Record-Breaking Absa ESD Expo Boosts SMMEs – Generating R24 Million In Business Opportunities
This year’s 14th annual Absa Enterprise & Supplier Development (ESD) Expo, held alongside the 19th annual Smart Procurement World Indaba, wrapped up with record-breaking attendance and over R24 million in business opportunities generated for...
Media Briefing On Strengthening Africa’s G20 Contribution On Climate, Environment And Sustainability
AUDA-NEPAD, the African Union’s development agency, in partnership with the Office of the Special Envoy for Climate Change, Kenya as the Chair of the Conference of African Heads of State and Government (CAHOSCC), is pleased to invite you to a media...
Unveiling SEACOM 2.0 – ​ ​A new digital renaissance and subsea network to power the Indian Ocean Basin’s digital and AI future
SEACOM, Africa’s trailblazer in digital infrastructure, today announced the launch of SEACOM 2.0, a groundbreaking subsea cable system poised to redefine connectivity across the Indian Ocean Basin, Middle East, Mediterranean, and Southern Europe....
Water
Metro News
Ministry Of Water And Sanitation Commends Tshwane’s Swift Response To Typhoid Outbreak
The Ministry of Water and Sanitation commends the swift action undertaken by the City of Tshwane (CoT), the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) together with the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) in response to the incidents...
Johannesburg to Host Landmark Water & Sanitation Dialogue for Africa and the Global South
From 9 to 12 November 2025, more than 1,500 water and sanitation leaders, innovators, policymakers and practitioners from across Africa, the Global South, and beyond will gather at Emperors Palace, Johannesburg for the highly anticipated AWSISA...
Closing The Gap: How Thembisile Hani Is Tackling Its Water Shortfall
Thembisile Hani Local Municipality in Mpumalanga faces a major water shortfall, but through disciplined funding, infrastructure projects, and community engagement, it is steadily improving supply, sanitation, and compliance – showing how...
Waste
Engineering
In-House Geotech Lab Sets SRK Apart
Having built a strong reputation in the geotechnical engineering space for more than 50 years, SRK Consulting South Africa (SA) has established its own specialised in-house geotechnical laboratory at its Johannesburg practise– becoming one of only...
Cleaning Up Construction: 40 Contractors Banned by Public Works Department
Forty contractors have been blacklisted by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) from doing business with the department and its entities. The blacklisting spans from June 2024 to date. Public Works Minister Dean Macpherson said this...
CESA Signs MoU with Interstate Consultants Engineers Guild to Support the Recovery of Ukraine
Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) and the Interstate Consultants Engineers Guild (ICEG) of Ukraine have formally signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration and create opportunities for joint performance between...
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Digital Magazines
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.
