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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...
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[Industry Personality] Carin Bosman: Make noise and have a code
The water sector is filled with passionate people, Carin Bosman is one such passionate person, and she serves to remind us of all that water is for the betterment of humanity, and when you are tasked with doing what is right, you have to make some noise. Early on in...
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[Cover Story] 40 years strong: Lethabo Intake Pumping Station’s historic refurbishment
A part of Rand Water’s proactive infrastructure maintenance project comprised the refurbishment of pumps and electrical boards at the Lethabo Intake Pumping Station. This key facility pumps water to ESKOM Lethabo Power Station and supplies over half of Gauteng via the...
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CAIA Responsible Care report for 2012 released
The Chemical and Allied Industries Association (CAIA) launched its2012Responsible Care Performance Report. This is the sixth year that this report forms part of CAIA’s business portfolio. The report is aimed at increasing transparency in the...
Top green award for Vodafone centre
The Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) has presented mobile communications company Vodacom with the Highest Scoring Green Star Project 2008- 2012 for its Vodafone Site Solution Innovation Centre in Midrand, Johannesburg.The building was...
PwC’s Jayne Mammatt says sustainability makes money on products
A new method of integrated accounting and reporting will allow companies to place a monetary value on the environmental effects of their products, says professional services firm PwC. “A paradigm shift is required by companies in the way they...
CoP11 report focuses on sustainable urban development
Urbanisation continues unabated with a stronger impetus in developing countries. According to Kobie Brand of the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) in Cape Town, “With more than 60% of the world projected to be urban...
Unilever achieves water neutrality at new Durban food factory
Sustainability incorporating water recovery and rain water harvesting bring benefits The new R670 million, state-of-the-art Unilever savoury dry food plant at Riverhorse Valley in Durban has set a new benchmark in South Africa’s industrial sector....
The seven pillars of sustainability
At last year’s 75th IMESA Conference, when addressing the topic of the future of municipal engineering in South Africa, I identified what I referred to as the ‘Seven Pillars of Sustainability’. These can be listed as follows: 1. morals and...
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Lockdown set to hit ‘struggling’ construction industry hard
The Master Builders Association (MBA) North warns that the lockdown and its aftermath are set to raise all sorts of issues for an industry that is already in trouble. “The fact that all construction work has been put on hold for the lockdown period...
Destitute waste pickers to receive assistance during countrywide lockdown
The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries in partnership with the packaging industry have secured a plan to assist waste pickers who have lost their livelihoods during the national lockdown period. “Working with industry and the waste...
Construction industry establishes COVID-19 rapid response task team
The global economy has been thrown into turmoil as the world struggles to combat the spread of COVID-19 with several countries in lockdown or isolation. South Africa has also responded by announcing a total 21-day lockdown, which is a critical...
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Partnering for sustainable waste management
The Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality recently hosted a Waste Indaba with the aim of improving solid waste management and safeguarding the environment. The event, which was a cooperative effort between the City and the Border-Kei Chamber of...
Ethekwini adds access roads to rural housing projects
The eThekwini Municipality has given its Human Settlements and Infrastructure Committee the green light to construct access roads in three rural housing projects in the Municipality’s western region. This comes after the committee approved the use...
R600 million housing project kicks off in Ekurhuleni
The City of Ekurhuleni has started construction on a R600 million housing project. Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Human Settlements, Lesiba Mpya, declared the ground ready for the massive construction of the 1 352 houses during a...
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