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Reducing Risk and Building Trust with Bureau Veritas
A world leader in testing, inspection and certification services, Bureau Veritas operates in agri-food, industry, commodities as well as building and infrastructure markets. Water is a critical resource across all these sectors, and as its quality declines, water...
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Tsebo Facilities Management Champions Water Conservation in the Workplace
Multiple provinces in the country are grappling with deteriorating water quality and increasingly frequent and lengthy disruptions to water supply. And as a workplace management solutions provider, Tsebo is tackling this reality head-on. “Most of our customers within...
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A New Defender Emerges To Tackle Water Pollution
“Water pollution in South Africa has worsened, and it has worsened largely due to the collapse of municipal governance. By not properly planning for, operating, maintaining or building water and sanitation infrastructure, raw sewage is running down some streets in...
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Can Municipalities Keep The Water Flowing?
South Africa’s growing urbanisation is straining the current water infrastructure, necessitating sustainable water. Having a reliable water supply is tied to social stability, and disruptions undermine community well-being as well as environmental...
Corobrik launches SA’s first ‘white’ face brick as part of new range
Leading clay brick and paving manufacturer Corobrik continues to add to its existing product range with the launch of three exciting new face brick products. These are Vanilla Travertine, the first-ever so-called ‘white’ brick available in South...
How green hydrogen is helping South Africa’s construction industry
South Africa’s focus on green hydrogen as a renewable energy source and cleaner fuel for industries is of critical importance to stakeholders in the construction industry. It not only flags the country as one committed to climate change, but also...
Coca-Cola Beverages is helping to secure South Africa’s water future
Coca-Cola Beverage South Africa’s (CCBSA) More Than Water documentary campaign was recognised as the overall winner of the Food & Beverage Category at the 2023 SABRE Africa Awards. CCBSA was also awarded a Certificate of Excellence for the...
It’s all systems go on the Giyani Water project – says Minister Mchunu
The Minister of Water and Sanitation, Senzo Mchunu has reiterated that the Giyani Water Project is on course and that 24 out of 55 villages meant to benefit from the project will soon get water. The Department of Water and Sanitation is providing...
Pioneering sustainable forestry towards a circular economy
Home to more than 80% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity, forests are the lungs of the earth and provide essential ecosystem services, such as carbon sequestration, water filtration, and soil conservation. By Marietjie Brown,...
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...
Sustainability
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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COVID-19 will cause global construction output to shrink by 1.4% in 2020
As a result of the severe economic shock caused by the lockdown measures imposed by governments around the world to contain the spread of COVID-19, global construction output is expected to contract by 1.4% in 2020. This is according to GlobalData,...
Concrete Manufacturers Association call for a return to work
The Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) has added its voice to growing calls from professional bodies in the construction industry for an end to the Covid-19 lockdown in order to prevent economic catastrophe and large-scale job losses across...
SA Taxi sign $100 million loan agreement to boost transport sector
The African Development Bank and SA Taxi Development Finance Proprietary Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of SA Taxi Holdings Proprietary Limited (“SA Taxi”), have signed a $100 million loan agreement to support the firm’s growing strategy to...
Metro News
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...
Coega ramps up water conservation efforts
The Coega Development Corporation (CDC) has taken further steps in its water conservation measures to combat the worsening water crisis in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro. The CDC met with consultants from the municipality and came up with additional...
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