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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...
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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...
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The Water Research Commission Champions Citizen Science For A Changing Climate
As extreme weather events become more frequent, the Water Research Commission (WRC) and the South African Weather Service (SAWS) are harnessing citizen science to improve local weather monitoring, strengthen early warning systems, and help vulnerable communities...
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The Ongoing Case For Landfills In The Evolving Landscape Of Waste Management In South Africa
Landfills, depending on who you speak to, are either highly engineered last resort environmental barriers, or the biggest openly legal threat to environmental health. The truth is that the role of the landfill has changed over the years, and its ongoing utility is the...
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Statement By The Minister Of Water And Sanitation, Ms Pemmy Majodina
During my visit to Kouga Local Municipality on 9 September 2026, for the launch of the upgraded Loerie Sewer Pump Station, an unfortunate incident occurred during a community engagement. The engagement was convened as part of my commitment to norms...
New Development Bank (NDB) Concludes A $1 Billion Loan To Support Metro Trading Services Reform
The Government of South Africa has signed a $1 billion loan agreement with the New Development Bank (NDB) to upgrade infrastructure for the Metropolitan Municipal Services as part of the Metro Trading Services Reform Programme (MTSR). The NDB is...
ELM Outage Disrupts Water Pumping Operations At Rand Water’s Vereeniging Water Treatment Plant
Emfuleni Local Municipality (ELM) has reported a total power failure that has disrupted pumping at Rand Water’s Vereeniging Water Treatment Plant. The incident occurred on Sunday,13 September 2026 at approximately 11h25. The Vereeniging Water...
Plastics SA Workshop Tackles Import Pressures And Unlocks Trade Opportunities
How can South African plastics manufacturers compete against cheap imports, rising operating costs and an increasingly challenging trading environment? This was the focus of Plastics SA’s Trade Opportunities Industry Workshop, held at its Midrand...
Fuel Thief Sentenced To 10 Years For Tampering With TPL Pipeline
Transnet Pipelines (TPL) welcomes the sentencing of Herold Mabunda to an effective 10 years’ imprisonment for tampering with critical pipeline infrastructure and the theft of approximately 40 000 litres of petrol. Mabunda was sentenced by the...
New World Map Makes Africa Look Bigger: What’s The Fuss About? Cartographers Explain
The UN has passed a non-binding resolution to endorse the Equal Earth Projection, a map which more fairly represents the true size of the Earth’s landmasses. The current commonly used projection, called the Mercator Projection, greatly exaggerates...
Sustainability
Amazon Invests In One Of The World’s Largest Carbon Removal Projects, Creating 11 000 Jobs And Restoring Nature
The hills in South Africa’s Eastern Cape are connected to the families who live there. Farmers grow their crops in the soil while animals graze on the vegetation. But over time, the Albany thicket covering large parts of the landscape has...
Alarm Raised Over Proposed Lephalale Methane Gas Project – Calls For Comment Period Extension, For Meaningful Public Participation
Next week (29 June) is the deadline for public comment on an application for a Coalbed Methane Exploration Project in Lephalale, Limpopo. With only days to go, Earthlife Africa Johannesburg joins local activists and other civil society...
Land Restoration Projects Bring Jobs And Water Relief To Rural Communities
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), in partnership with the Department of Agriculture and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), is implementing land restoration projects in Limpopo and the Northern...
From Beneficiaries To Owners: How South Africa’s Communal Farmers Are Rewriting Conservation Finance
South Africa has long been home to some of the continent’s most remarkable landscapes – sweeping grasslands that sustain millions of livestock, underpin rural livelihoods and quietly store vast quantities of terrestrial carbon, making them vital to...
GeT Metal Group Turns 150,000 Waste Tyres A Year Into Industrial Fuel, Eliminating Fossil Fuel Use In Aluminium Recycling
GeT Metal Group (Pty) Ltd and its subsidiary GeT Alloys (Pty) Ltd have successfully eliminated virgin fossil fuels from their aluminium melting operations by launching a pioneering waste-to-energy initiative. The project transforms approximately...
Turning Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Waste into Value: A Circular Economy Breakthrough
Circular Energy NPC is driving innovation in South Africa’s waste sector through a pioneering Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) recycling initiative. As a registered Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO), Circular Energy supports their trusted member...
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Industry News
Operation Vulindlela Q1 2026 Report: Key Progress on Energy, Water, Rail and Municipal Reform
Operation Vulindlela, a joint initiative by the Presidency of South Africa and the National Treasury, launched in 2020, aims to “accelerate structural reforms, modernise network industries, and boost economic growth in South Africa.” Six years on,...
SA’s Infrastructure Revival Now Hinges On How Projects Are Delivered
South Africa’s public sector committed R1 trillion to infrastructure development nearly a year and a half ago. This commitment carried into the 2026 Budget Review with a clear national intention move from policy to cranes and steel across then...
SA Government, Industry Leaders To Build Momentum Behind Catalytic Infrastructure Initiatives
The annual Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium South Africa (SIDSSA) is set to get underway in Cape Town in August, with billions of rands in key infrastructure programmes under discussion. The fifth edition of the impactful SIDSSA...
Water
Metro News
Mayor Morero Breaks Ground For The Biodigester Pilot Plant
The City of Johannesburg officially broke ground on Tuesday, 08 September 2026, on a biodigester pilot plant at the Robinson Deep Landfill site, launching a municipal-scale project designed to convert organic waste into renewable energy and reduce...
Johannesburg Water Clarifies Facts Regarding The Waterworks Underground Water Augmentation Pilot Project
Johannesburg Water notes with concern the public statements regarding the groundwater project at the Waterworks community in Region G. These statements intentionally omit facts about the project’s scope, status and regulatory requirements....
City Of Johannesburg Launches Bus Electric Bus Trial Programme On Metrobus Routes
The City of Johannesburg’s Member of Mayoral Committee, Cllr. Kenny Kunene in collaboration with U40 Cities and several leading Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) In South Africa will launch a pioneering Electric Bus Technology trial programme...
Waste
Engineering
Building The Ecosystem For Critical Minerals Mining In DRC
As the global race for critical minerals intensifies, the Democratic Republic of Congo is seeing the benefit of growing investments from leading economies such as China and the US – making for exciting prospects at the upcoming DRC Mining Week. As...
Building The Next Generation Of Municipal Engineers Is Key To Solving South Africa’s Infrastructure Crisis
Discussions about South Africa’s infrastructure challenges usually focus on failing water systems, deteriorating roads, unreliable electricity supply and mounting maintenance backlogs. Less often discussed is one of the root causes of many of...
The Gender Gap In SA’s Engineering Sector – Only 16% Of Registered Engineers In South Africa Are Women
South Africa’s engineering sector is facing a critical gender imbalance, with women making up just 16% of registered engineering professionals compared to 84% of men. Award-winning engineer and AvenirHoldings CEO, Tshidi Mndzebele, is championing...
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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.
