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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...
Love food and hate waste this year
The City of Cape Town’s Urban Waste Management Directorate urges residents to embark on a journey of self-sufficiency in 2024, by implementing home composting systems and using the compost to grow food. Food gardening not only contributes to...
Gauteng sees surge in acts of vandalism targeting traffic signals
The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport has appealed to members of the public to report acts of vandalism following a surge in vandalism and theft targeting traffic signals within the province. “The department is faced with an enormous battle...
Addressing Fire Safety Concerns: A Critical Examination of Regulatory Compliance in Public Buildings
The devastating building fire that occurred in August 2023 in the Johannesburg CBD, claiming the lives of 77 indigent people while injuring 88 others, has placed a spotlight on the subject of fire safety. By SAICE Members Jocelyn Evans and...
Rail reform and liberalisation: Where we are and what it means for the South African rail sector
The rail sector in South Africa is at a breaking point and urgent action is required. From a freight perspective, Transnet’s incapacity to dispatch locomotives is at an all-time high. The National Logistics Crisis Committee estimates that the...
Call for balance in investments for road and rail infrastructure
With South Africa deepening its efforts towards shifting freight from road to rail, the Department of Transport (DOT) Freight Logistics Specialist, Mihlali Gqada, says there needs to be a balance in investments that are made in rail and road...
Free State arts town now manages its own electricity load
Eskom has announced that the Free State town of Clarens, in the eastern part of the province, has become South Africa’s first town where residents are now equipped to manage their own electricity load through load curtailment. Eskom Free State...
Sustainability
SA attempts to cut coal costs with new R50.3bn gas-to-power port
Gas-to-power energy is a globally proven energy generating technology that presents new and exciting opportunities for South Africa, according to Sabine Dall’Omo, Siemans CEO. Dall’Omo added that the localisation of in the gas sector will...
Dumpsites turned into food gardens
The small-scale farmers who turned illegal dumping sites in Marlboro and Lenin in the City of Johannesburg’s Region E into productive commercial food gardens are scaling up to even greater heights. Produce grown by these farmers – many of them...
Waste management industry sees shift towards resource recovery
There has been an increased focus on resource recovery in Southern Africa’s waste management landscape. Moving away from landfilling towards recycling, waste disposal alternatives and waste-to-energy initiatives, the industry at large is embarking...
Wastecon 2016 is around the corner
Southern Africa’s premier waste management conference, WasteCon, is around the corner and attendees can look forward to thought-provoking topics and stimulating speakers. The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA’s) biennial...
Report back from Coastal Clean-up 2016
South Africa recently participated in the 20th year of the annual International Coastal Clean-Up. Coordinators, volunteers and sponsors who participated in this year’s event, described it as one as the biggest and the best since South Africa...
Seven boxes to tick for landfill site compliance
As South Africa’s population continues to grow, landfills need to become more efficient to manage the order of magnitude increase of waste. Meeting this demand is no easy feat for those wanting to build and operate landfills. Averda South Africa’s...
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Industry News
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...
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...
Water
Metro News
City workers working nonstop to reduce negative impact of illegal strike
EThekwini Municipality has sincerely apologised to all residents and the business community that they believe has had to bear the brunt of the illegal strike. The city has been left unable to provide basic services as per the norm in certain areas...
eThekwini residents left without water after reservoir collapse
A Durban water reservoir has collapsed, leaving many areas without water. It’s alleged that the Mobeni reservoir collapsed due to the damage caused by the recent Durban floods. Source: eNCA
Citizens’ trust in municipal service delivery at an all time low – survey
The sixth South African Citizen Satisfaction Index (SA-csi) shows that citizen satisfaction and trust in municipal service delivery is at an all time low. The SA-csi 2019 index, conducted by Consulta, showed that citizens are unhappy with service...
Engineering
State-of-the-art polymer testing facility unveiled in Pinetown
A new, upgraded, state-of-the art polymer testing facility has been unveiled in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal. One of only a handful similar facilities in South Africa, the new testing laboratory is specifically aimed at product testing and new product...
Drakenstein waste-to-energy powers forward
The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) recently awarded a grant to MBHE African Power, a South African renewable energy project developer, to support a waste-to-energy project in the Drakenstein Municipality in the Western Cape. The objective...
Consulting engineers face tough times ahead
The Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) Bi-annual Economic and Capacity Survey for the period July to December 2015, just released indicates that times are tough and getting tougher with industry confidence the lowest in 16 years. The report...
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