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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...
State of the Nation Address in numbers
President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the Cape Town City Hall on Thursday. Below is the SONA in numbers: Social Assistance More than 26 million – South Africans who continue to receive social assistance...
CESA reiterates its call for a paradigm shift in governance – one that prioritises ‘action over promises’ post-SONA
As the nation grapples with multifaceted challenges, the importance of collaboration and decisive action cannot be overstated. In response to State of the Nation address; Chris Campbell, CEO of the Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA),...
Demolition of older compromised structures versus modern recyclable buildings
Demolition of older, compromised structures – from residential buildings to industrial facilities – can have significant environmental and social implications. The demolition process can generate a huge quantity of waste, including hazardous...
Bridging the academia-industry gap in the WASH sector
The WISA KwaZulu Natal Branch in partnership with Durban University of Technology, Ewseta, Umngeni- UThukela Water, Universal Water Solutions, Borda SA, and the Department of Water and Sanitation recently held a symposium that brought together...
PRASA Western Cape making strides
Acting regional manager of Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) in the Western Cape, Raymond Maseko, says the agency has done much work to recover the province’s network following a series of challenges. Maseko was speaking on the...
Affordable Preventative Maintenance for Your Water Operations
Preventative maintenance saves water utilities considerable time and money. However, adding such technologies to water sites can be daunting, which is why Xylem developed SAM PRO: an elegant, affordable, scalable, and efficiently deployable...
Sustainability
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...
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...
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Industry News
Brand owners, manufactures, importers, retailers BEWARE!
On 5 May 2021 the Regulations Regarding Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR Regs) came into force under the Waste Act. On the same day, the second round of amendments to the EPR Regs were finally published after extensive consultation with the...
Averda gets $30m Green Loan to invest in circular economy
Averda, a leading waste and recycling company operating across the emerging world, is pleased to have concluded a successful refinancing of its $148m term loan, including a $30m Green Loan from syndicate leader HSBC. Green lending refers to a...
Opinion
Doubling down on plastic bag producers
South Africa’s amended Plastic Bag Regulations and the new Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations raise concerns about double taxation in the plastic bag sector. By Garyn Rapson, Paula-Ann Novotny & Emma Bleeker In the past, retailers...
Water
Metro News
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...
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...
Engineering
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...
Avon Power Plant officially online
The independent Avon Peaking Power gas turbine open cycle power plant near Durban is officially online, its developers announced at the recent POWER-GEN & DistribuTECH Africa conference and exhibition at the Sandton Convention Centre....
SAICE concerned about engineering jobs
Although the latest statistics released by Statistics SA indicated that jobs in the civil and construction industry were maintained, the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) is concerned about the overall loss of 15 000 jobs in...
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