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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...
A touch of green
According to a case study spearheaded by the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA), if three million existing low-income houses were converted to ‘green’ homes, the electricity saving would be enough to power a city the size of Durban or...
Alex Andjelkovic – Wilo South Africa
What role do pipes, pumps and valves play in infrastructure? AA A very important role in the larger infrastructure arena, as the demand for water and sewage transfer is highly important due to the large quantity thereof. Without pipes and valves...
Focusing on the future
The water risks facing South Africa cannot be addressed by government alone. Collaborative partnerships between the public and private sectors, such as those entered into by Sasol, will be essential to address the risks facing us all, says Andries...
Creating capacity
ERWAT’s construction of the large-scale sludge handling facility at the Waterval Wastewater Care Works has reached the final stages, according to Koos Wilken, ERWAT’s executive manager: Development, and project manager Sipho Mateza. The...
Setting the standard
The construction of Cell 9 at the Holfontein H:H Disposal Site is the first commercial hazardous waste cell to be designed and constructed to the new Class A standards contained in the Draft National Standard for Disposal of Waste to Landfi ll,...
Canaries to Crows
Are we missing something? Where I live we used to have many Indian Mynah birds. These birds seemed to be territorial and they protected their areas. They also seemed to breed at an incredible rate and there were always lots of them. From what I...
Sustainability
‘Many misconceptions about sustainable building’ – Concrete Institute
Concrete has a low embodied energy which is an important factor for “green building”, says Bryan Perrie, managing director of The Concrete Institute. Perrie says embodied energy is the energy consumed for the raw material extraction,...
Interested in using treated wastewater for non-potable purposes?
Interested in using treated wastewater for non-potable purposes? Johannesburg Water is investigating water re-use options by inviting its bulk water customers who might be interested in using treated wastewater (effluent) for non-drinking purposes...
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...
Black & Veatch appointed to major local waste-to-energy project
First-of-its-kind renewable energy facility to support South African sustainability and waste management efforts; boost electricity supply Infrastructure planning and implementation firm, Black & Veatch, was selected by MBHE African Power – a...
Roundhill rehabilitation reaches new heights
Rehabilitation of the Roundhill landfill site in the small East London town of Berlin will bring much-needed relief to Buffalo City Metro, residents of Berlin and surrounding areas. Major upgrades to rehabilitate the site were almost complete as of...
POLYCO’s recycling message reaches new audiences
POLYCO, the Polyolefin Recycling Company will be growing the message about the importance of recycling during the month of September, as part of the local packaging industry’s Clean-Up & Recycle Week SA, which will take place from the 12th to...
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Industry News
Infrastructure spend needed to boost construction sector – survey
Increased government spending on infrastructure projects will be needed to help the construction sector gain stability and eventually recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is the conclusion reached in a comprehensive survey...
Transform SA’s water, energy and transport assets in 2021
There really is no time like the present to find a way to ‘sweat’ the country’s existing assets more effectively and efficiently to achieve service delivery, contain costs, and give the country’s fiscus more room to flex its financial muscle. Doing...
Opinion
Making the Construction Charter work for your company
By taking a strategic approach, construction companies can turn compliance with the Construction Charter from a bugbear into a success lever. By Allon Raiz, CEO, Raizcorp Everybody knows that the construction industry has been reeling for a number...
Metro News
EThekwini’s eNgonyameni water project well underway
Residents of eNgonyameni in the eThekwinin Municipality will soon have access to safe drinking water thanks to a multi-million rand water project currently being implemented by the city. The eThekwini Municipality announced on Wednesday that it had...
A Re Sebetseng expands to other municipalities
The A Re Sebetseng volunteer clean-up campaign is expanding to the municipalities of Tshwane and Midvaal. A Re Sebetseng was first launched in Johannesburg in August of 2017, and now A Re Sebetseng Gauteng will now seek to broaden the spirit of...
Online tool set to help municipalities respond to climate change
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is set to launch a new online tool that will help municipalities to respond to climate change. As temperatures continue to rise and climate conditions become drier, South African...
Engineering
California energy form embarks on hydrogen fuel research
Waste gasification and renewable energy company Sierra Energy has been granted the award of a Small Business Innovation Research grant from the United States’ Department of Defence’s Defense Logistics Agency. Fuel from waste The transportation...
New plastics-to-oil plant opens in Cape Town
Yesterday, on 4 November 2015, The City of Cape Town, in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), opened its plastics-to-oil conversion plant at the Kraaifontein Integrated Waste Management Facility. The plant will...
Jewel in green giant’s crown rescued from damp feet
The creation of South Africa’s first gigantic “green city” is the result of the largest mixed-use precinct ever to be built in Tshwane. With the construction of Menlyn Maine, the traditionally residential suburb of Menlyn in Pretoria East has...
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