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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...
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Schneider Electric Urges Swift Action: Electrification and Digitalization Hold Key to Decarbonization Amidst Growing Global Concerns
Schneider Electric emphasizes the imperative role of electrification and digitalization in expediting decarbonization efforts, asserting the critical need for widespread deployment of existing technologies to curb the escalating threat of climate...
Why include water in your sustainability strategy?
Water is likely already a part of your sustainability strategy. After all, it’s a utility with an associated cost, and every responsible business will track that cost. Yet, even at that level, most companies treat water with broad strokes and...
Critical Infrastructure Blackouts Dominate South Africa’s Business Landscape in 2024: Allianz Risk Barometer Report
In 2024, South Africa’s businesses grapple with a formidable risk – critical infrastructure blackouts – as per the Allianz Risk Barometer. This peril maintains its top-ranking position for the second consecutive year, drawing insights from...
Collaborative water management: a path to Israeli-Palestinian peace
Water is a central element of the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Israel controls several water pipelines entering Gaza. But water can also be a source of hope for an alternative future. By Clive Lipchin (adjunct professor:...
Water storage: from 5000 to 4.5 million litres
Structa Technology – a division of the Structa Group of Companies – offers solutions for water storage from 5 000 litres to 4.5 million litres through the Prestank and Circotanks ranges to suit both function and budget. Prestank is Structa’s...
Droughts, Floods and Contamination: the triple threat to African mining investments
Water availability is a key investment risk to mining in many African countries. According to Peter Shepherd, partner and principal hydrologist at SRK Consulting, water allocation demands early attention and a commitment to meeting stringent...
Sustainability
Uniquely South African solution to ‘turn landfills into gold mines’
By Stacey Davidson The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), an initiative of the Clinton Foundation, brings together global leaders to create and implement solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. This year, I will be representing...
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...
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Survey highlights the important role of plastic recycling in South Africa
South Africa’s leading packaging manufacturer, Tuffy, and the South African Plastics Recycling Organisation (SAPRO) have joined forces to highlight the challenge of plastic waste. In conjunction with SAPRO, Plastics SA released the annual South...
Energy efficiency critical to effective Covid-19 vaccine rollout
As South Africa is preparing for a broad roll-out of the country’s vaccine programme, energy efficiency is one of the factors to consider, according to the South African National Energy Development Institute, (SANEDI). Energy is crucial to...
Water stress can put business models in jeopardy
South Africa’s recent droughts are teaching businesses a life-changing lesson: we can no longer simply assume that clean water will always be available to keep operations running smoothly. According to Gert Nel, partner and principal hydrogeologist...
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Metro News
Joburg cracks down on illegal dumping
Illegal dumping is fast becoming a plague throughout Johannesburg, with many illegal dumpers operating lucrative businesses by collecting refuse, rubble and even toxic waste to dump in parks, roadside, open spaces and rivers. As a result, the...
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,...
Engineering
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...
Nuclear must form part of the energy mix to meet demand
There is a heated debate about South Africa’s proposed adoption of nuclear power. Media coverage about whether nuclear power is the right solution for South Africa is extensive. Is nuclear power the right solution for South Africa? According to...
Ten African Energy Ministers to attend upcoming Africa Energy Indaba
Africa is at the forefront of the energy transition with some of the greatest challenges and best opportunities in the world. Without doubt, innovation and the ability to deliver and deploy the most effective solutions at scale will be fundamental...
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