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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...
Realising a vision
PETCO was established 10 years ago to reduce the environmental and social impacts of PET products, and to realise the social and economic benefits that recycling provides. This investment by industry, and the commitment by PETCO, has achieved...
Sweeping the board
On 10 June this year, the City of Cape Town took delivery of five Dulevo 5000 Veloce street sweepers. These compact machines are faster, more resource efficient, and boast better air filtration than anything else on the local market. Dramatically...
Wastewater treatment technology
Water is at the top of the global business risk agenda. Companies planning for sustainable business in the future will need to lead the way in implementing advanced wastewater treatment technologies. Water&Sanitation Africa invited wastewater...
Galvanising the talent pool
Xylem South Africa, a division of the global giant Xylem Inc., has announced the appointment of its new managing director, Pierre Fourie. Fourie’s grounded leadership style is already driving the pump giant to even greater heights. After an intense...
Streamlining Limpopo bulk water services delivery
Good planning at Lepelle Northern Water (LNW) has resulted in the utility becoming the implementing agent for a number of new plans and projects in Limpopo. Phineas Legodi, acting chief executive at LNW, talks about his team’s efforts towards...
Water conservation and quality
The South African government’s strategy for overcoming water management challenges up to 2015 includes water conservation as well as demand-side management. The local water sector is combining efforts to put these and other worthy plans into...
Sustainability
Tetra Pak: Moving into the renewable space
Tetra Pak is incorporating more renewable electricity at its production facilities in China. The company said 35% of its electricity supply was renewable, and that this came from two wind farms: Inner Mongolia Wind and Guangdong Xinyi Wing, and a...
DEA hopes GHG regulations promote transparent reporting
The department of environmental affairs (DEA) is clamping down on all greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters. The official National Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting Regulations were gazetted by environmental affairs minister Edna Molewa at the...
Government will not appeal high court ruling on nuclear
Government will not appeal the Western Cape High Court’s decision on proceeding with nuclear energy in South Africa. “I have decided that I will not be appealing the decision of the Western Cape High Court on this matter,” energy minister Mmamoloko...
Choosing the right filtration technology
Whether acidic, hard or containing high levels of suspended solids, there is a filtration solution out there for different types of mine water. Henk Smit, managing director of Vovani Water Products, discusses a few of popular options. What are some...
Next ten years critical for achieving climate change goals
In order to have a good chance of meeting the limits set by the Paris Agreement, it will be necessary to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and preserve carbon sinks, according to a new study. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications,...
Cavendish Square champions sustainability
Cavendish Square, shopping centre has set itself the goal of conserving the environment in all sectors, be it waste management, energy efficiency or water saving. Waste management The shopping centre is championing a first-of-its-kind green...
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South Africa’s paper recycling rate is on the up
During 2020, South Africans recycled 1.1 million tonnes of paper and paper packaging, putting the country’s latest paper recovery rate at 73%, up from 68.5% in 2019. This is according to RecyclePaperZA, the paper recycling association, which states...
Private sector building activity slows to the lowest level since 1994
Private sector formal building activity has been decimated by the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns and restrictions. Stats SA confirmed that in February this year, there was yet another contraction in activity, with the SQM of...
Construction industry set to bounce back in 2021
The South African construction industry is expected to bounce back in 2021, after being the worst-performing industry in the economy in 2020, with construction GDP down a crippling 20.3% in the year. This signaled the industry’s fourth consecutive...
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Metro News
Tshwane metro set to open new landfill sites
Tshwane metro is set to open new landfill sites to end dumping woes for its residents. Spokesperson Lindela Mashigo told Record East that the metro has already identified sites and feasibility studies would soon commence, in order to determine...
Alex residents march to Sandton to hand over memorandum
The Alex Shutdown movement will march to the City of Johannesburg regional offices in Sandton on Wednesday morning, to hand over another memorandum with their demands. A large contingent of SAPS officers were deployed to parts of Alexandra ahead of...
Remediating Middle Lake Dam
The data reported from a ground-penetrating radar survey will help to pinpoint anomalies in the concrete spillway structure at Middle Lake, which recently suffered significant erosion damage. This emergency situation required urgent action to...
Engineering
ECSA consults members on framework revisions
The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) on Friday concluded its nationwide consultative process on the revisions to its governance instruments by engaging the largest concentration of engineering practitioners of different disciplines in the...
And the winners are…
Consulting Engineers of South Africa (CESA) hosted its annual awards evening last night to celebrate the achievements of its member firms, highlighting quality, innovation and outstanding workmanship in the consulting engineering industry. The CESA...
Stainless steel’s lower life cycle costs
One of the biggest obstacles to the specification of stainless steel in certain applications is the misperception that it’s more expensive in comparison to other initially cheaper options. In the short term, that may be the case but a new...
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