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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...
Milestone Achieved: Over 700 Arrests in South Africa’s Crackdown on Construction Mafias, IBACF Applauds Law Enforcement Progress
The Infrastructure Built Anti-Corruption Forum (IBACF) has expressed satisfaction with the substantial strides made by the South African Police Service (SAPS) and other law enforcement agencies in their efforts to dismantle construction mafias....
A STRATEGY FOR SANITATION SUCCESS
Around 7 million people in South Africa use on-sitesanitation with little attention given to the operation and management of these systems. Fortunately, this is changing, and the development of the Faecal Sludge Management Strategy (FSMS) is a step...
INTERNATIONAL SOLID WASTE ASSOCIATION WORLD CONGRESS COMES TO AFRICA IN 2024
The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) will host the International Solid Waste Association Conference (ISWA) – the foremost event in the field of solid waste management – on South African soil for the first time in...
[COVER STORY] Proudly South African with an international flair
In 2018, institutional investment manager – Mergence – acquired a majority stake in Siza Water and Silulumanzi from Sembcorp, a Singapore-based company. The management of these entities has since been entrusted to the South African Water Works...
STEYN CITY AND MPACT RECYCLING SET THE GREEN STANDARD FOR RESIDENTIAL ESTATES
State-of-the-art Parkland Residence in Midrand, Johannesburg, Steyn City, has enhanced its sustainability efforts by collaborating with one of South Africa’s largest recycling companies, Mpact Recycling. A progressive partnership launched between...
Championing legal waste disposal: Sanisuresolution ensures compliance for septic tank waste generators
Sanitech, a trusted sanitation and hygiene services provider, is proud to present the Sanisure solution. Sanisure is an advanced product that supports organisations in various sectors – such as mining and industrial sites, residential...
Sustainability
Let the environment guide our development
Human growth has strained the Earth’s resources, but as Johan Rockstrom reminds us, our advances also give us the science to recognise this and change behaviour. His research has found nine “planetary boundaries” that can guide us...
Molewa calls for Industry Plans
Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, has published a notice to the paper and packaging; electrical and electronic equipment and lighting industries to prepare and submit Waste Management Plans for approval under sections 28(1) and 28(5)...
Is climate change our generation’s World War III?
The following excerpt was originally published on New Republic journal’s web portal by writer Bill McKibben*. The New Republic is an American publication established in 1914 for the purposes of “championing progressive ideas and challenging popular...
How much rubbish South Africans dump each day?
A report by the World Bank details which countries produce the most garbage every day – and where South Africa fits into the picture. According to the report, South Africa produces 54 425 tonnes of trash every day – the 15th highest rate in the...
Making Extended Producer Responsibility Sustainable
By Hermann Erdman* Manufacturers are becoming increasingly concerned about the rising costs of product manufacturing – particularly the costs associated with the end-of-life disposal of these products. Growing pressure on the environment and on...
New England landfill fire a reminder to put safety first
Recent reports of smoke from the New England landfill site in Pietermaritzburg has prompted groundWork, a Southern African non-profit environmental organisation, to remind the public of the importance of recycling in reducing the frequency of these...
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Industry News
Digital Twins named as the emerging tech to disrupt multiple industries
Leading data and analytics companies GlobalData and Marketscreener have reported a significant rise in the adoption of Digital Twins – virtual models of physical objects such as buildings, cars or infrastructure. More industry sectors now recognise...
Survey confirms billions lost in investment due to erratic heritage application processes
The findings of a dipstick survey conducted by the Western Cape Property Development Forum (WCPDF) have confirmed investors and built environment professionals, in both the private and public sectors, are extremely frustrated by the drawn-out and...
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...
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Metro News
Johannesburg’s Jewel City redevelopment forges ahead
Construction on the iconic Jewel City redevelopment in the Johannesburg CBD is forging ahead. The project is set to change the face of Johannesburg’s CBD and revitalise six city blocks that have been closed to the public for decades. Work has...
Load shedding detrimental to power infrastructure
The City of Johannesburg says the recent round of load shedding has had a detrimental effect on its power infrastructure. In a statement released last week while Eskom implemented load shedding round the country, the City confirmed that as one of...
Experts to assist with takeover plan for passenger rail in Cape Town
The City of Cape Town is set to appoint a multi-disciplinary team of rail professionals to assist the Transport Directorate with the high-level business plans for taking over passenger rail in Cape Town. The municipality recently advertised a...
Engineering
Envisioning and co-designing a sustainable future for African cities
It was with the powerful phrase in mind: “What if the only way to predict the future is to design it,” that Jeff Robinson, Aurecon’s Sustainable Buildings Group Leader, presented at the Green Building Council South Africa’s annual convention as one...
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...
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The official magazine of the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA), the magazine publishes content dealing with the supply, governance, financing, treatment and measurement of water and sanitation in southern Africa.