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Pump Donation Revives Nama-Khoi Municipality Water Infrastructure
A collaboration between KSB Pumps and Valves (PTY) LTD, the Nama-Khoi Municipality, residents, and other private sector players aims to restore vital water supply to parts of the Nama-Khoi Municipality. This collaboration brings much-needed relief to the community....
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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...
DWS imposes 18% water restrictions in Greater Bloemfontein Water Supply System
The Annual Operating Analysis undertaken by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) for the current operating year which commenced on 1 May 2023 and ends on 30 April 2024 has confirmed that water restricts are required for the Greater...
Initiative launched to find sustainable solutions for KZN’s Class A landfill
Dolphin Coast Landfill Management (DCLM), operated by Veolia, has partnered with Global Alliance Africa, a project of Innovate UK KTN, the UK government’s largest innovation network, to launch an initiative aimed at cleaning up contaminated...
Do your research before you move off the grid with solar
Loadshedding remains a thorn in the side of all South Africans and the country’s government, and it’s no surprise that more people are considering the move to solar as a renewable alternative energy source. However, the market is fraught with...
Standard Bank partners with GoSolr to provide accessible solar solutions to households
In a move to support its ambition to actively expand access to reliable renewable energy solutions across South African households, Standard Bank has partnered with GoSolr, a leading, solar energy company that provides solar photovoltaic (PV)...
New water technologies can create better mines, straight from your browser
Mines consume considerably less than other industries (5%, compared to industry’s 7% and agriculture’s 61% – CSIR). Yet water is vital for mining operations, and mines realise substantial benefits when they make their water...
Driving progress towards a resilient and transformed construction industry
Tackling corruption, imbalance and destructive delays in the local construction environment are essential for the industry to do well. From AI-based solutions to removing regulatory stumbling blocks, the industry needs to come together to plot the...
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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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Covid-19 pandemic renders construction industry vulnerable to scams
The Covid-19 pandemic has rendered construction businesses even more vulnerable than they may have been prior to the outbreak of the virus. While stringent hygiene protocols may protect their employees from infection, Databuild CEO Morag Evans...
DBSA launches R150m COVID-19 response programme
The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has launched its R150m COVID-19 response programmes in South Africa and the SADC region. “We are providing support to various activities that will bolster national and local government capacity...
Pandemic poses risk to SA’s water supply
As the lockdown impacts individuals and companies across the spectrum, prompting job losses and reduced working hours, Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) warns that government may be overlooking the other ways in which the virus is affecting...
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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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