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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
Efficiency programme bridges troubled waters
The National Cleaner Production Centre South Africa (NCPC-SA) is an organisation funded by the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) and hosted by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Since the NCPC-SA began operating 12...
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...
Utilities and C&I firms boost demand for wind power
Renewable energy firm MAKE Consulting has increased its US wind power outlook for the 2015-2017 period by 3.7 GW. The company says it issued the upgrade due to a surge in demand for wind power as key policies are set to expire. The increase begs...
Ravenswood development scoops first green Edge award
Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA) CEO, Brian Wilkinson has revealed that the Ravenswood affordable housing development in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, has become the first residential project in Africa to achieve an Excellence in Design for...
Rethinking recycling: A call to action
By Rick Fedrizzi, CEO and Founding Chair, U.S. Green Building Council We split the atom. We invented the light bulb. Heck, we not only sent a man to the moon, we brought him back again. Why, then, can we not get recycling right? As the New York...
Environmental crime cost hundreds-of-billions annually
On November 17 this year, South Africa’s Minister of the Department of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, addressed international officials at the 2nd INTERPOL-UNEP Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Conference in Singapore. “I address this...
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Construction industry seeks solutions to ‘disruptive’ local business forums
Business forums – groupings representing local communities who disrupt building sites – are here to stay and the construction sector needs to find ways to include them in construction projects. This was the outcome of a panel discussion...
Latest figures show growth in plastics recycling industry
Plastics SA, the umbrella body representing the entire South African plastics industry, has released the plastics recycling figures for the year ending December 2019. During 2019, 503 600 tons of plastics waste was collected for...
Just say ‘No’ to packaging that’s not designed to be recycled
This National Recycling Day just say NO to packaging not designed to be recycled and send an important message to those brand and product owners who refuse to acknowledge how simple it is to minimise the impact of packaging on our planet. This is...
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Metro News
City making headway on Kommetjie Road Project
The City of Cape Town’s flagship intervention to relieve congestion in the Kommetjie area is progressing well with the City placing asphalt layers on the newly constructed lanes along Kommetjie Road and Ou Kaapse Weg. The project, which is part of...
Online registration now a reality for Environmental Assessment Practitioners
The Environmental Assessment Practitioners Association of South Africa (EAPASA) has officially launched its Online Registration Process for Environmental Assessment Practitioners (EAPs) in South Africa. According to the Association the launch,...
Opinion: Using data to build a Cape Town for all
By Craig Kesson * The 21st century has brought a new range of urban challenges, compelling cities to become more resilient to the shocks and stresses which they face. Data in all its components forms an integral component of resilience building...
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