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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...
City of Tshwane’s Temba Waste Water Treatment Works Faces Threats from Criminal Syndicates
The Temba Waste Water Treatment Works in the City of Tshwane is currently grappling with criminal syndicates targeting its infrastructure. This week, vandals struck at the plant’s inlet works, damaging panels, and making away with cables,...
Strategic integrated projects
It is often said that water is life, and this is indeed the case as no life can be sustained without water. However, very few people give a second thought about the infrastructure required to ensure clean, drinkable water. By Nomonde Mnukwa In...
Will residents in informal settlements pay for sanitation services?
The answer is yes, some will pay – provided it is a reliable, quality service. This has been proven through an unprecedented pilot project at four informal settlements in Durban, KwaZulu Natal where there are currently over 100 paying...
Extended Producer Responsibility in South Africa: Promoting sustainability and addressing environmental challenges
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a critical tool for promoting a sustainable future in South Africa, addressing environmental challenges such as pollution, waste management, and mitigating resource depletion. As the CEO of The Glass...
City ramps up focus on alternative energy solutions for off-grid informal settlements
As part of the City’s Urban Energy Poverty Programme, alternative energy solutions are being investigated in informal settlements where grid-connected electrification is not possible. In City-supplied areas, where feasible, almost 100% of the older...
SAICE calls for resilience in tackling challenges following the 2024 State of the Nation Address
In the same spirit in which President Cyril Ramaphosa relayed the State of the Nation Address (SONA), the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) emphasises the need for resilience to address the challenges facing South...
Sustainability
New players and experts wanted for LHWP Phase II
Communities which will be disrupted during Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) need to a have buy-in, says the Department of Water and Sanitation. The department along with the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA)...
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,...
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Industry News
South African construction sites are hotbeds for organised crime
Contractors are allegedly being held to ransom by criminal gangs who demand protection money in order for construction to continue. Master Builders South Africa (MBSA) says building sites across the country are being taken over by criminal gangs....
OPINION | Creating the future of waste management
We can no longer look at waste management with a linear view. We now are seeing national, as well as global, leaders placing more focus on awareness around the ‘throw-away culture’ that many businesses, individuals, and households have – and for...
Africa’s growing infrastructure needs and ensuing business opportunities
Infrastructural development is pivotal to all aspects of social and economic transformation. However, inadequate infrastructure remains a major impediment for Africa in realising its full economic growth potential. For instance, a mere 38% of...
Metro News
Local Municipalities demise is South Africa’s biggest threat – OUTA
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) is not surprised at the Auditor General of South Africa’s (AGSA) report that governance in local Government has continued to decline to levels never experienced in the history of democratic South Africa....
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...
Waste
Engineering
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...
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...
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