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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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From deprivation to inspiration
Mhlathuze Water’s new CEO, Attwell Sibusiso Makhanya, has known the hardship of being without water – these formative experiences have fuelled his commitment to ensure ongoing excellence at the KwaZulu-Natal utility. “Growing up, my siblings and I...
Biogas builds proud civic legacy
Turning biogas into energy has proved successful and replicable using an astounding technology installed and operated by WEC Projects. This has the potential to save Johannesburg Water millions of rands, to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and...
Symbiosis offers savings
Frances Ringwood reports on how government programme is supporting industry through the latest in its offerings of resource efficiency and cleaner production services. The National Cleaner Production Centre, South Africa (NCPC-SA) the national...
Beyond compliance
Local and international firms seeking peace of mind when it comes to responsible hazardous and chemical waste management can rely on A-Thermal Retort Technologies. Company managing director, Nicolas Eleftheriades explains how A-Thermal’s...
Providing environmental peace of mind
EnviroServ Waste Management boasts 35-years’ experience, during which time the company has secured its place as one of Africa’s largest and best-known waste management solution providers. Its footprint spans throughout South Africa to countries...
60 000 bins find homes near the Vaal
Boitumelong Holdings MD John Sithole tells Frances Ringwood about the company’s unprecedented rise, culminating in one of the biggest orders since its consolidation in 2013 – a delivery of 60 000 bins to the Vaal area. After being awarded a tender...
Sustainability
Climate concerns scupper Limpopo coal-fired power station build
The North Gauteng High Court has ruled in favour of environmental rights organisation Earthlife Africa Johannesburg (ELA), and referred the appeal against the environmental authorisation for a new coal-fired power station back to the Minister of...
How sustainable are SA’s groundwater resources?
Three Stellenbosch University students are on a mission to uncover how sustainable the country’s groundwater resources are by collecting groundwater samples nationwide. The project will be headed by Dr Jodie Miller, an isotope geochemist from the...
Sub-Saharan Africa lags in renewable energy policies
Government policies that promote renewable energy are severely lacking in Sub-Saharan Africa according to a new World Bank report. Compared to first world countries such as Germany and Canada, renewable energy has seen significant advancements,...
Our cities are full – we need new ones
By Matt Coetzee By 2050, the UN predicts that cities will somehow accommodate a massive 2.5 billion more people than the 4 billion that already live there. The big question is: Where are they all going to go? How do we make sure these places are...
Oceans could have more plastic than fish by 2050
By 2050, oceans could contain more plastic than fish. This startling fact was revealed in the report, The New Plastics Economy: Rethinking the Future of Plastic. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation released the report last year in Davos. Some of the...
Welgedacht extension saves wetland
On 6 December 2016, Ekurhuleni’s new mayor, Mzwandile Masina, along with dignitaries from the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and other stakeholders, celebrated ERWAT’s extension of the Welgedacht wastewater treatment works (WWTW),...
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Woolworths is scrapping plastic bags in 50 stores by end of April
In an effort to minimise packaging waste ending up in landfills, Woolworths has announced that 50 of its stores will switch to being plastic-free by the end of April. The retailer said it already has a plastic-free store in Malmesbury and the next...
Precast Concrete Awards to be cast digitally
Precast concrete units and projects will take centre stage at the Concrete Manufacturers Association’s (CMA) biannual Awards for Excellence competition, which is currently being featured on virtual platforms and which will come to fruition during...
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QFS opens Eastern Cape branch
The tremendous need for water treatment services in the Eastern Cape has prompted QFS to open a branch in the area. “The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted that the provision of safe water, sanitation and hygienic conditions is essential for...
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Joburg mayor says city is committed to improving infrastructure
Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba has assured Johanessburg residents that his administration is committed to improving infrastructure in the city. Mashaba was addressing City’s officials at a meeting following his State of the City Address reports...
‘We have not neglected Alexandra’ – Johannesburg city manager
Johannesburg city manager, Ndivhoniswani Lukhwareni maintains that the claims that his administration is not providing services in Alexandra are not true. Lukhwareni was testifying at the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) inquiry on...
Four interesting facts you might not know about South Africa’s provincial economies
Although we know that each province is unique, recent data published by Stats SA provide a portrait of just how special these provincial economies are. South Africa consists of 9 provinces, namely the Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape,...
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Engineering
Grayston Bridge Commissioner orders Australian witness to re-testify
The Commissioner presiding over the M1 Grayston Drive Structural Bridge Collapse inquiry has ordered a Form-Scarf expert witness from Australia to return to South Africa on 29 August to provide certain crucial evidence required by Murray and...
Addressing SA’s scarce skills
In 2014 government released its National Scarce Skills List, with engineers topping the list. But two years down the track, engineers are still in short supply. The Minister of Higher Education and Training Dr Blade Nzimande gazetted the National...
Anaergia to manage Bronkhorstspruit biogas plant
The day-to-day operations of South Africa’s first commercial biogas plant are being managed by biogas expert Anaergia Africa , part of the Anaergia international group of companies, effective as of 18 July this year. Sean Thomas, Bio2Watt’s...
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