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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...
Steel pipes: THE BACKBONE OF ANY WATER NETWORK
An industry pioneer since 1924, Hall Longmore’s commitment to research and development continues to refine its class leadership in the steel pipe sector. IMIESA speaks to Kenny van Rooyen, managing director, and Callum Storar, contract sales...
Afrisam Budget Breakdown: Infrastructure targets and engagement
At this year’s AfriSam Budget Breakdown event, Dr Azar Jammine, economist at Econometrix, highlighted key trends, stating that the R903 billion in public sector infrastructure expenditure earmarked for the 2023/24 to 2025/26 financial years is...
Three reasons to start recycling and invest in our planet this Earth Day
Recycling is one of the easiest ways that citizens can ‘Invest in our Planet’, the theme of this year’s global Earth Day, 22 April. Unfortunately, research by the CSIR indicates that only around 10% of urban households actually do so. “Finding a...
The road to cleaner fossil fuels is paved with energy symphony
South Africa’s reliance on fossil fuels is a given for now, but it is entirely possible to clean up our energy act while transitioning to a carbon-free future. The South African Cleaner Fossil Fuels Roadmap outlines the way. Cleaner fossil fuels...
Technology and automation to elevate Africa’s economic growth
Technology is always evolving to improve modern life. The latest in artificial intelligence (AI), technology-based tactics, automation and cybersecurity are essential to master, particularly for those working in these sectors, and there is always...
Promoting localisation in the manufacturing sector
Building local industrial capacity for the South African market has become a priority for the Department of Trade Industry and Competition, and highlights a growing need for organisations to promote localisation within the manufacturing sector....
Sustainability
South Africa’s first green taxi rank
The City of Cape Town has unveiled the first ‘green’ transport facility in South Africa that generates its own electricity, enabling it to operate off the electricity grid. The Wallacedene taxi rank is the first public transport facility in the...
Breadtags for Wheelchairs project goes from strength to strength
The Polystyrene Packaging Council’s (PSPC) hugely successful “Breadtags for Wheelchairs” project has already touched hundreds of lives around the country. Currently in its fifth year, the project encourages people around the country to collect...
Air quality National Framework under review
According to a statement released by Water and Environmental Affairs spokesperson Roopah Singh, the review of the 2007 National Framework took the form of an inclusive consultation process involving various consultations with air quality...
Is Africa’s air pollution out of control?
Africa’s leaders should put implementing environment and health issues at the top of their national and continent-wide policies if growing challenges such as air pollution, vector-borne diseases and chemical exposure are to be addressed,...
GPT commits to water and greener communities
Global Payment Technologies (GPT) is planting 1 111 trees in celebration of World Water Day, in this international year of water cooperation. This is a celebration of water and an urgent reminder of the value of this one essential element that...
Biodiversity contributes substantially to economy, says minister
The benefits derived from biodiversity or ecosystem services are estimated at R73 billion per annum, according to Minister of Water & Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa. Molewa was speaking at the Seventh Pan African ABS Workshop on 25...
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There are tough times ahead, warns Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the South African economy is in the throes of the anticipated fallout due to the global crisis. In his weekly newsletter on Monday morning, Ramaphosa acknowledged that the country is facing what he calls, a ‘job...
Building confidence at all-time low
The FNB Bureau for Economic Research (BER) Building Confidence Index has fallen to an all-time low of 4 in the second quarter of this year, following the 13 recorded in the first quarter of the year. The current level of the index...
AfCFTA delay presents new opportunities for construction, manufacturing
The delay in the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), which was scheduled to launch in July this year, could provide much-needed breathing room for Africa’s manufacturing and construction sectors. This is...
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Metro News
EThekwini urges citizens not to damage infrastructure during protests
The EThekwini Municipality is urging community members to refrain from damaging infrastructure during service delivery protests. This follows protest action in after Chesterville which saw residents’ attack and damage Durban Transport buses...
Ekurhuleni tackles illegal connections
The City of Ekurhuleni has embarked on an illegal connections clean-up operation at the Dukathole informal settlement in Germiston. A multi-disciplinary team led by the municipality’s Energy Department descended on the township in the early hours...
EThekwini electrifies another informal settlement
The eThekwini Municipality has set aside R3.5 million for an electrification project in the Blackburn informal settlement. Approximately 1000 households will benefit from the project which forms part of the eThekwini Municipality’s ongoing...
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