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MTN Business Smart Water: Where Utility Management Meets Intelligence
In today’s increasingly connected and sustainability-driven world, managing water efficiently is not only an economic necessity, but a key responsibility for individuals, businesses, and municipalities. “The MTN Business Smart Water solution addresses this need,...
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Western Cape Water Supply: Overview In Numbers
What is a Blue Drop Risk Rating (BDRR)? The BDRR assessment focuses on critical risk areas within water services provision. This allows the water service institution to identify and prioritise the critical risk areas within its drinking water treatment process and to...
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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...
Minister Mchunu to engage with leading water experts on water sector sustainability
In continuous efforts to ensure a water-secure South Africa, the Minister of Water and Sanitation, Senzo Mchunu will converge leading water experts in the country in a National Ministerial Water Sector Sustainability Symposium on Thursday, 25 May...
Technical response teams to fix water supply following Hammanskraal cholera outbreak
Water and Sanitation Minister, Senzo Mchunu, has noted, with great concern, the outbreak of Cholera in Hammanskraal and conveys his condolences to families who have lost their loved ones due to the outbreak. Mchunu also wishes a speedy recovery to...
DWS reinforce commitment for equitable water supply and dignified sanitation
The two Deputy Ministers for the Department of Water and Sanitation, David Mahlobo and Judith Tshabalala have reinforced the government’s commitment of ensuring equitable water supply and dignified sanitation for all, as mandated by the...
Draft regulations on access and recreational use of state-owned dams
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) published a notice for comments on draft regulations on Government Gazette Notice No. 48294 on 24 March 2023, opening a 60-day window for interested parties and individuals to submit written comments....
Thermoplastic pipe material classification and stiffness
Classification of the thermoplastic material and pipe stiffness is important for selecting the right material for an application, determining the load-bearing capacity, and predicting the long-term performance of the pipe. Every thermoplastic...
Load shedding adds last straws to looming SA water crisis but there is hope
South Africa is approaching a water crisis as load shedding adds undue pressure to water and wastewater treatment systems already on the verge of collapse. However, there is still hope that South Africans can work together to find solutions. This...
Sustainability
Seven billion dreams. One planet.
World Environment Day (WED) 2015 will be celebrated on Friday 5 June all around the world. WED is the UN’s primary vehicle for promoting proactive international environmental awareness and . Over 40 years, WED has grown to be a broad, global...
Prosperity fund focusses on sustainability
Today, Thursday 28 May 2015, the British High Commission in Pretoria will announce their 2015/16 round of UK Prosperity Fund projects. The event will also celebrate the successes of the previous year’s projects. The Prosperity Fund is the British...
Airport runway receives EIA
SRK Consulting, appointed by Airports Company South Africa, has undertaken the Scoping and Environmental Impact Reporting for the realignment of the runway. The Draft Environmental Impact Report will be released to the public for an eight-week...
Making positive strides in waste reduction
The IWMSA’s WMRIG ‘Waste = Resource Tour’ enlightened attendees on how waste is being managed in the Western Cape. The first stop was the Cape Town Market, one of the oldest and largest fresh produce markets in South Africa that services 50% of the...
South Africa becoming a leader in sustainable energy
Green house gas, South Africa is on its way to becoming a renewable energy leader with billions being invested in creating clean and efficient energy. A recent study revealed that renewable energy including wind and solar benefited South Africa by...
Making sustainable living commonplace
Unilever today announced plans to partner with leading mass movements, Global Citizen and Live Earth: Road to Paris, in line with its ambition to grow its business while reducing its environmental footprint and increasing its positive social...
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Ramaphosa announces carbon tax stimulus relief
As part of the Covid-19 tax relief, President Ramaphosa announced a carbon tax stimulus relief, which entails delaying the filing and first payment of carbon tax by three months. The relief defers the submission of annual carbon tax accounts and...
Covid-19 forces changes to standard construction contracts
Before Covid-19 became a global reality, few could have predicted a virus of this nature and the domino effect it would have on global economies. It follows, then that few existing contracts had appropriate provisions for the impact on contracts,...
R554m set aside to create jobs through infrastructure projects
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, says the department has set aside R554 million to create jobs through municipal infrastructure projects. Dlamini-Zuma said this when she outlined the department’s...
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Cape Town dam levels continue to improve
The City of Cape Town on Monday announced that dam levels feeding the city had improved to 70 percent of storage capacity over the past week. The announcement came as Cape Town and surrounding areas experienced further heavy rainfall overnight...
Prasa fails to fork out for Cape’s rail enforcement unit
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has failed to hold up its end of a co-funding agreement for a dedicated rail enforcement unit in the City of Cape Town. Prasa came under severe criticism recently from Cape Town’s Mayoral...
Specialised vehicles keep Cape maintenance on track
The City of Cape Town has invested in specialised vehicles and equipment with the aim of fast tracking repairs and improving service delivery. The vehicles are equipped with specialised tools that will allow the City’s newly formed mobile...
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