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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...
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Phase 1 of the Rand Water mega water plant commissioned
Minister of Water and Sanitation, Senzo Mchunu has hailed Rand Waterfor completing phase 1 of one of its flagship projects, the 150 megalitre a day (ml/d) Station 5A filtration plant, on schedule. According to Mchunu, the infrastructure brings...
Djibouti set to Africa’s first country to rely on renewables
Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh is expected to carry out the landmark inauguration of Djibouti’s first-ever wind farm, on Sunday10 September 2023. The inauguration will advance the president’s ambition to make the nation of 1.1 million...
Solar plant project ahead for SRK Consulting
Gqeberha will see construction starting on an exciting new solar energy plant later this year, and SRK Consulting (South Africa) is among the technical partners working to make this project a reality. According to Brent Cock, Principal Engineering...
CESA responds to National Treasury’s call for cost containment measures
CESA has responded to the National Treasury’s call for cost containment measures to close the fiscal gap – as alluded to in the Sunday Times and several other media publications. By Chris Campbell, CEO of Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA)...
City of Tshwane and Rand Water discuss resolution to water challenges
Rand Water and City of Tshwane resolve to strengthen coordination to ensure consistent water supply within the city. The Ministry of Water and Sanitation, City of Tshwane (CoT) and Rand Water met on Sunday, 03 September 2023, to find a common...
Citizens urged to take advantage of extended housing services
During September 2023, the Western Cape Department of Infrastructure will be extending its public services to assist residents with various housing queries. The month of September is celebrated annually as Public Service Month (PSM) and is a...
Sustainability
Solving the unemployment crisis
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has completed a new study on the benefits of the circular economy in South Africa. Findings show that major economic and environmental benefits can be gained from turning “waste into worth” – using the...
Capitalising on South Africa’s underwater wealth
Over 500 local and international marine scientists and biologists met up last week in Port Edward in KwaZulu-Natal to share knowledge and experiences on the management and governance of the marine and coastal environment in the Western Indian Ocean...
Finding the highway to Zero Waste
Networking, debate and lessons learnt were the order of the day at the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa’s (IWMSA) Eastern Cape branch’s waste management conference held from 14 to 15 October this year . With the theme of The Road to...
SA-Swedish cooperation towards ‘world of our dreams’
On 20 October this year, deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa was in attendance at the Ninth Annual South Africa-Sweden Binational Commission in Stockholm. In his closing remarks presented to a number of distinguished dignitaries including Åsa Romson,...
Multi-million dollar partnership to recover critical raw materials from e-waste
A USD2.3 million European Union (EU) LIFE (financial instrument for the environment) funded project – the Critical Raw Material Closed Loop Recovery – will explore opportunities for obtaining critical raw materials (CRMs) and precious metals from...
Mobilising sustainable energy investment in Africa
The Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Africa Hub launched on Tuesday, October 13 in Abidjan its Annual Report for 2014-2015, which outlines the progress made to date in helping the 44 partner countries create strategic frameworks necessary to...
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Industry News
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...
Opinion
Guide to building owners for water self-sufficiency
South Africa is facing increased pressure on conventional water sources in urban areas. Existing mitigation measures such as increased water abstraction rates, water transfer scheme supplementation and demand side management are no longer effective...
Metro News
EThekwini’s mini-bus taxi incentive programme goes live
The eThekwini Municipality has officially launched the country’s first mini-bus taxi incentive programme. The programme forms part of the municipality’s drive to transform public transport in the City through the construction of road infrastructure...
Tshwane gets waste wise through green campus initiative
The City of Tshwane has partnered with the Mabopane Network Forum and Landfill Consult to support the Tshwane South College’s initiative to keep its Odi Campus clean. Through the partnership, which was formed during National Clean up Week 2017, the...
EThekwini to borrow R1bn to fund infrastructure upgrades
The eThekwini Municipality is looking to raise an additional R1 billion to fund capital projects in the City during the 2018/19 financial year. According to the municipality this is necessary to ensure that its service delivery programme is not...
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