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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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Sustainability
Novus Holdings launches Sustainable Heating solution
Renewable energy company, Sustainable Heating, launched their newest Biomass Steam Plant on 30 November this year at Paarl Media Cape in Milnerton, Western Cape. By using renewable energy in their print facilities, the print leader will witness a...
Packaging SA joins effort to reduce marine debris
Packaging SA has become the latest signatory to the plastics industry’s Global Declaration for Solutions to Marine Litter, highlighting its commitment to finding solutions to combat ocean plastics. “We recognise that plastic packaging is a major...
Holding thumbs for eThekwini landfill
EThekwini Municipality’s Buffelsdraai Landfill Waste to Energy Project has put Durban in the running as a finalist in the C40 Climate Leadership Group Cities Award. The winner will be announced on 3 December 2015 at the COP21 negotiations being...
More fuel for green flooring
The Total South Africa head office building in Rosebank recently contracted leading environmental floor supplier, Kevin Bates Albert Carpets (KBAC) to supply and install all the flooring for the extensive green refurbishment. The major project is...
Contractor takes on Green Star challenge
Pretoria building contractors, J.C. van der Linde & Venter Projects, successfully coped with the challenging demands of complying with the Green Building Council of South Africa’s Green Star rating construction requirements for the...
Start collecting bottle caps for a good cause
Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality in partnership with Timber Solutions, the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) and Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) Business School are encouraging residents to divert plastic from...
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Sisulu calls on DWS and water boards to support SIU investigations
The Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation, Lindiwe Sisulu has issued a directive to all accounting officers of the Department of Water and Sanitation and affected Water Boards to provide full support to the work of the Special...
Anti-corruption strategy to support infrastructure plan
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille says government is working on a more effective system to monitor projects more effectively and put systems in place to detect and prevent corruption. “This will bring a greater level of...
Rapid implementation promised for KZN water projects
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) in KwaZulu -Natal has committed to overseeing the speedy implementation of water infrastructure projects across the province as water storage levels continue to decline. The province’s dam levels...
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Old Cape Town hospital to be converted to R3bn housing development
Conradie Hospital in Cape Town is soon to be the site of a new R3 billion housing development following the Western Cape Cabinet’s decision to approve the project. Speaking at a press briefing this week Western Cape Premier Helen Zille said that...
Ekurhuleni keeping an eye on air polluters across the city
In an effort to identify and tackle harmful emissions the Ekurhuleni Municipality has deployed continuous ambient air quality monitoring systems across the city. Following a feasibility study that identified areas with high concentrations of air...
EThekwini throws defaulting residents a lifeline
The eThekwini Municipality is giving customers who are in arrears on their electrical accounts the opportunity to have their services reinstated by signing an Acknowledgement of Debt in favour of the Municipality for the total outstanding debt....
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