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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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Wired for waste
Christine Beukes, managing director of Oilkol, believes that, while technology is an important factor in building a sustainable future, respect for the environment is truly vital. Collecting, handling, disposing or treating waste has become a...
Elster Kent Metering
How does South Africa measure up in terms of water meters installed and technology suited to end use compared to the rest of Africa and other developing nations? LB South Africa is the leader in both meter installation and the use of suited...
Breede-Gouritz CMAs continued success
The Breede Water Management Area is situated in the south-western corner of South Africa. CEO Phakamani Buthelezi speaks about recent developments at the organisation and the way forward in 2014/15. It derives its name from the largest river within...
Capacity building in Mozambique
Rand Water is testament to the powers of technology transfer and knowledge sharing. As the lar gest water utility in Africa, Rand Water is committed to sustainability of projects through effective and efficient skills transfer. This is evident in...
Serving the recycling market
Maryke Foulds speaks to Cheri Scholtz of PETCO and Chris Els of Kaytech about ten years of recycling cooperation. Please give me some background on Kaytech and its involvement in the PET recycling industry Kaytech (originally Noel Hunt Geofabrics),...
PPC goes from grey to green
The Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA), an independent, non-profi t company that was formed in 2007 to lead the greening of South Africa’s built environment, has given PPC’s new headquarters a 4-star rating. Located in the middle of the...
Sustainability
How glass recycling can change lives
Glass can be endlessly recycled and change shapes many times, making it a substance of infinite possibilities. South Africans are finding unique ways to build a legacy through glass, from spearheading the recycling industry, building a small...
Tackling the SDGs
Water is central to the achievement of all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Prof. Kevin Urama told those at World Water Week. Urama, who is Senior Advisor to the President of the African Development Bank for Inclusive and Green Growth,...
New proposed Green Bond & ESG evaluation tools
S&P Global Ratings is seeking market feedback on two proposed evaluation tools intended to assess risks to sustainability at both the individual project and corporate entity levels. The new assessment tools include a new Green Bond Evaluation...
New waste management plan funding strategy will result in job losses
By Hermann Erdmann According to the draft Waste Tyre Regulations published on 12 August this year, funding of the country’s waste tyre stream management plan will go into the fiscus as of 1 October. This means that the fledgling waste industry...
Water has a central role in sustainable development
World Water Week closed on Friday, concluding that water must be recognised as the enabler of successful implementation of the entire 2030 Agenda as well as the Paris Climate Agreement. “Water – the lifeline of our planet – will be needed to...
The role of geosciences in sustainable planetary occupation
Extinction probably isn’t at the forefront of everybody’s mind right now, because most people are preoccupied with more immediate concerns; how will I afford to educate my child? Why can’t I get a decent WiFi connection?...
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AECOM ready to help get R100bn Infrastructure Fund off the ground
AECOM, the global leader in integrated infrastructure, is poised to play a role in potential projects that have significant support from the R100 billion Infrastructure Fund announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation Address...
How the marine sector can work towards low carbon shipping
Shipping accounts for 13% of the carbon dioxide emitted by transport. The industry has been set a target of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, relative to 2008 levels, but on current trends, they could possibly increase by 250% instead. *By...
South African fashion leader sets clean water example
Water pollution is one of the biggest environmental challenges South Africans face. This World Water Day, observed on 22 March 2021, Levi Strauss & Co is one of the growing numbers of corporate citizens actively changing the status quo. The...
Metro News
KZN rallies as extreme rainfall causes widespread damage
Massive damage has been inflicted on public and private infrastructure as a result of heavy rainfall across KwaZulu-Natal since the start of the Easter weekend. More than 20 lives have been lost and thousands of emergency calls logged as a result...
eThekwini’s plans to eradicate a 40-year housing backlog
eThekwini Municipality’s Executive Committee has tabled a report outlining its plan to eradicate more than 40 years of housing backlog. The committee aims to address the backlog by identifying suitable and well-located land to deliver houses,...
Green light for desalination investigations at CT Harbour
Transnet has approved further studies into the establishment of a Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) plant at the Port of Cape Town’s Quay 700 area. Cape Town remains a water scarce region, having just emerged from its worst drought since 1904....
Engineering
Smart City Vision – the journey has begun
Much has been written over the past couple of years around the topic of ‘Smart Cities’. By Lionel Moyal, Head of Intervate, a T-Systems company The utopian vision of the Smart City often involves carefully orchestrated traffic and public transport...
Getting to know your leachate
Landfill juice. Garbage water. Leachate. Whatever you call it, it can be a problem for landfill operators. Managing leachate can be as high as 30% of a landfill’s operating costs. Before a treatment method can be determined, it’s important to first...
Kusile Ash Dump’s economical environmental solution
Besides generating electricity, Kusile will also generate tons of coal ash, a bi-product that will need discarding in an ash dump with enough storage capacity to last 50 to 60 years. Since coal ash is considered a pollutant to ground water, the...
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