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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...
Coalition Unites to Confront Johannesburg Water Crisis Amid Public Desperation
Amidst mounting despair in Johannesburg due to an escalating water crisis, a high-level coalition has emerged to tackle the pressing issue, with civil society taking the lead in addressing critical areas of municipal dysfunction. Water shortages...
WISA Conference 2024 subtheme: Aye Aye Capt’n: Turn the tide with improved governance
Water and climate change are inextricably linked. Extreme weather events are making water more scarce, more unpredictable and more polluted – threatening sustainable development, biodiversity, and people’s access to water and sanitation. Africa is...
Minister Mchunu Rejects Call for State of Disaster, Advocates for Improved Municipal Funding to Address Water Infrastructure Crisis
In response to the worsening state of wastewater treatment plants, Minister of Water and Sanitation Senzo Mchunu has asserted that he will not request President Cyril Ramaphosa to declare a National State of Disaster. Mchunu emphasised that...
uMhlanga Introduces E-Waste Bin for Responsible Disposal: A Joint Initiative by Umhlanga Tourism and UIP
Residents and business owners in uMhlanga are encouraged to make use of the newly introduced e-waste bin, an initiative spearheaded by Umhlanga Tourism in collaboration with the full support of the Umhlanga UIP. This bin, located adjacent to the...
Unique African-centric litter reduction campaign aims for continental impact
A UNIQUE African-centric litter reduction campaign which is being piloted in South Africa will – once trialled and tested – be scaled and used throughout the continent. According to marine conservation non-profit Sustainable Seas Trust (SST), its...
DWA takes illegal action against miners
Eskom has declared the implementation of Stage 4 load-shedding from 14:00 on Monday, November 27, 2023, until 05:00 on Saturday, December 2. The decision stems from the necessity to escalate rotational power cuts in response to unexpectedly high...
Sustainability
Environmental stewardship: Honouring recycling heroes pushing the environmental agenda forward
Currently a source of untapped potential, South Africa’s “green economy” is starting to reveal real opportunity within its supply chain. Innovative partnerships are proving key in terms of tapping into this potential however – as ABI has discovered...
Investment to meet growing waste challenge in South Africa opens in Vlakfontein
The first waste management site to be built under stringent new environmental guidelines has been opened in Vlakfontein, by Averda, a global waste management company, through its local subsidiary, Wasteman, in a significant R250-million investment...
#BringChangeHome offers new resource for greener residential living
By @FrancesRingwood The Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA) has launched an exciting new innovation for contractors, builders and anyone else involved in the residential home construction space. Through the hashtag; “#BringChangeHome” on...
SA’s greenest municipalities
The City of eThekwini and Mossel Bay municipalities have been crowned the greenest municipalities in South Africa, respectively winning the overall prizes in the metro and local categories of the 5th Greenest Municipality Competition. The Deputy...
Gouda Wind Farm project secures coveted industry award
In September last year, the Gouda Wind Farm, owned in partnership by the South African company, Aveng, and the Spanish renewable energy company, Acciona Energia, began operations with a generating capability of 423 gigawatt hours of electricity...
Country pledges overshoot Paris temperature limit
Individual country pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions would need to be strengthened in order to limit future climate change to well below the 2°C limit included in the Paris climate agreement, according to a new assessment. Pledges made for...
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Industry News
How the construction industry can meet decarbonization targets
Asite, a leading construction technology provider, has launched a new research report on how the construction industry can mitigate carbon emissions through the smart retrofitting of built assets. The report, entitled ‘Smart Retrofitting: The Key...
Liquidations in construction reach the highest level in 2 years
Liquidations in the construction sector during the month of November reached the highest level in the last 2 years, as the sector remains constrained by the lack of private sector confidence and public sector financial vulnerabilities, aggravated...
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...
Metro News
EThekwini to upskill 200 plumbing and electrical artisans
The eThekwini Municipality is set to train 200 unemployed youth in plumbing and electrical work through the artisan Development Programme. This was announced at a recent Executive Committee meeting where the Municipality accepted grant funding of...
EThekwini cut Tongaat water supply over quality concerns
The eThekwini Municipality says it was forced to cut the water supply to Tongaat last week in the interest of public safety. In a statement announcing that the water supply had been restored the municipality said poor water quality and raw water...
Cape’s green economy gets R67.9 million boost
The Western Cape Industrial Symbiosis Programme (WISP) has generated a massive R67.9 million towards Cape Town’s green economy. Through the WISP programme, which is managed by GreenCape, the City of Cape Town is providing businesses with technical...
Engineering
Engineers in high demand
There has been significant coverage in the media recently about the desperate need to improve the country’s infrastructure. To achieve this more engineers are needed in the private and public sector, mentions Jan Palm, an experienced engineer in...
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