Featured
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....
Featured
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...
Featured
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....
Featured
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...
Meeting the N3 road upgrade project’s aggregates needs
A steady supply of quality aggregates from AfriSam is playing a key role in ensuring unhindered progress on one of government’s Strategic Integrated Projects (SIPs) – the N3 national route upgrade between Durban and Pietermaritzburg. That the sheer...
Vital role of reliable water infrastructure in preventing cholera outbreaks
The recent cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal in the Gauteng province, as well as in Limpopo and the Free State resulting in the tragic loss of 23 lives, serves as a stark reminder of the critical importance of reliable water infrastructure. “Access...
Volkswagen takes a stance against plastic waste
Reduce, reuse and recycle. This is the message Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) continues to reiterate in an effort to beat plastic pollution. Plastic pollution in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro where the Volkswagen Kariega manufacturing plant is...
How separating your waste makes a difference to lives and landfill
Is waste paper really ‘waste’ if it has a value? The answer is no, according to Fibre Circle, the producer responsibility organisation which focuses on diverting paper and paper packaging from South Africa’s landfill through collection and...
Water and Sanitation Department urge Eastern Cape residents to continue using water sparingly
The Department of Water and Sanitation in Eastern Cape has urged residents in the province to continue using water sparing even as the overall water storage capacity remains above average, with a minimal decrease from last week’s 78.5% to 78.0% in...
Joint project to resolve water and sanitation challenges in Hammanskraal is taking shape
Minister of Water and Sanitation, Senzo Mchunu, together with the Executive Mayor of the City of Tshwane, Cllr Cilliers Brink announced that they will work together to fix the Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment Works in Hammanskraal. The Minister and...
Sustainability
The new reality of energy
Consulting engineering and project implementation firm Hatch’s Global managing director of Energy, John Pearson, recently highlighted that approximately 1.4-billion people across the globe survive without electricity – 59% of which are located in...
Renewable energy projects offer new hope for SA’s crisis
South Africa’s electricity network requires considerable reform over the coming decades if the country is to successfully diversify its generation mix to sources other than coal to meet the increasing demand for power. This view is supported by The...
Is that carbon tax on your plate?
The proverbial axe is falling on ‘business as usual` as every industry in South Africa, from mining to manufacturing to retail, is cringing at the thought of rising energy tariffs and the impending implementation of a carbon tax. Stemming the tide...
Tukkies water conservation case study
The objective The University of Pretoria (Tukkies) needed to embark on a water conservation drive. The challenge Current consumption breakdown per area was not quantified, infrastructure was ageing, and internal capacity was not available. The...
UN talks lead to extension of Kyoto Protocol
Countries meeting at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 18) that ended in Doha, Qatar on the weekend agreed on a firm timetable to adopt a universal climate agreement by 2015, and launched a new commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol. They...
AfriSam leads in energy efficiency
Leading construction materials group, AfriSam, has become the first construction materials company to sign the 49M pledge. This step signifies the company’s commitment to the global agenda for energy efficiency and to play a proactive role in...
Events
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Industry News
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...
Water
Metro News
Partnering for water conservation
The eThekwini Municipality is partnering with the Pavilion Shopping Centre to increase awareness of the need to value water and use it wisely. Together the City and the shopping centre will be hosting a Water Wise Weekend event which will bring 20...
DEA embarks on clean-up campaign ahead of Greenest Municipality Awards
Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs Barbara Thomson is set to embark on a clean-up campaign around the streets and beaches of eThekwini ahead of the 8th Greenest Municipality Competition (GMC) to be held in Durban on Tuesday 14 August 2018. As...
Cape Town cuts carbon emissions
The City of Cape Town’s climate change mitigation efforts are starting to pay off as it has managed to reduce its energy-related carbon emissions by 4.1% for the 2012 to 2015 period. This was revealed in the City’s latest State of the Environment...
Engineering
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Technology
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Read our Magazines
Digital Magazines
Water & Sanitation Africa
The official magazine of the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA), the magazine publishes content dealing with the supply, governance, financing, treatment and measurement of water and sanitation in southern Africa.