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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...
Celebrating and growing engineering excellence in Africa
The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) is excited to announce the highly anticipated 9th UNESCO Africa Engineering Week (AEW) and the 7th Africa Engineering Conference, scheduled to take place from the 25th to the 28th of September 2023 at...
Key insights from Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure – Sihle Zikalala – recently attended the Council of Built Environment’s Climate Change Indaba. Here are 7 takeaways from his keynote address: 1) A healthy environment is the basis for a healthy economy...
Lower emissions now a sustainability and cost imperative
The enforcement of South Africa’s carbon tax is adding to the focus by mines and industry on greenhouse gas emissions, raising the interest in the potential for converting methane into energy. According to Vis Reddy, chairman of SRK Consulting in...
Stakeholder engagement key to project success
With extensive mining activities taking place in the area, Rustenburg Local Municipality faces numerous water challenges, where water is pumped as far as Vaalkop Dam on the Crocodile River System. Fortunately, the construction of the Mafenya...
The real culprits behind clogging
Damage caused by clogging can cause a pump’s mechanism to slow down and lead to pump tripping or worse. Xylem’s research has found the true cause of clogging. Big or small? Clogging in wastewater systems is a common problem for...
DWS Minister Senzo Mchunu’s inspection of Mtubatuba water supply infrastructure
Minister of Water and Sanitation, Senzo Mchunu, will undertake a routine inspection in respect of work underway in KwaMsane township, under the Mtubatuba Local Municipality in Kwa-Zulu Natal which forms part of the Mtubatuba Water Supply Schemes....
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Become involved in the Breadtags for Wheelchairs project
South Africa celebrates National Disability Rights Awareness Month annually between 3 November and 3 December each year. As part of national Disability Month, the Polystyrene Packaging Council (PSPC) is encouraging people to collect their breadtags...
Celebrating 10 years of green stings
This week, South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) held the Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Lekgotla in Rustenburg in the North West Province. The theme for this year’s lekgotla was “Power of the Past-Force of the Future:...
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...
Our African City initiative set to advance urban development in Africa
A collaborative initiative between the public and private sector is set to advance integrated urban development in Africa. Aurecon, in partnership with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and the South African Local Government Association (SALGA)...
Embracing Africa’s Green Economy
There is an increasing realisation that development and poverty reduction efforts could be jeopardised by the impacts of climate change, hence many attempts have been made over the last few decades to develop integrated responses to both these...
SAVA release results of fist ever PVC recycling survey
This week the Southern African Vinyls Association (SAVA) released the results of its first ever Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Recycling Survey into the state, scope and size of the local PVC recycling market. The information obtained from the survey...
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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...
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...
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Ekurhuleni tackles illegal dumping with extra disposal sites
The Ekurhuleni municipality is hoping to address the issue of illegal dumping in two areas by opening up additional disposal sites. The City recently unveiled two mini disposal sites, which cost R3.3 million, in Leondale and Vosloorus recently to...
Change in municipalities must start from the top – Mkhize
Successfully effecting change in municipalities must start from the top down. This is the sentiment of minster of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Zweli Mkhize. Speaking at the 13th National Municipal Managers Forum in Germiston,...
Ekurhuleni extends Harambee Rapid Bus Transport System
The City of Ekurhuleni says it will extend the services of its Harambee Rapid Bus Transport System as a practical example of how it’s contributing to the transformation and modernization of the public transport system within the City. The Harambee...
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