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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...
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....
Five small changes can make South Africa’s water resources last
The primary objective of Earth Day, celebrated globally on April 22 this year, is to promote sustainability and conservation with projects focusing on carbon emissions, protecting endangered species and the preservation of habitats. But,...
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Association highlights vital role of vinyl plastics in healthcare environments
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) is one of the most commonly used plastics in the world. Because of its versatility, vinyl plastics have various uses and applications in building and construction, automobiles, appliances and electronic parts, in wire and...
Construction industry making plans to rebuild post-lockdown
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to have a severe impact on all sectors of the economy. The construction industry has been particularly hard hit as a result of construction sites having to close and projects put on hold. Before the pandemic, the...
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...
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Waste workers will not be deterred from doing their jobs – eThekwini mayor
EThekwini officials are working hard to keep the City clean and will not be deterred from doing their jobs. This is according to eThekwini Mayor Zandile Gumede. Gumede who was speaking at an Executive Committee meeting recently said the...
Tshwane needs R99 billion to improve infrastructure – Msimanga
Tshwane Mayor Solly Msimanga says the municipality needs R99 billion to improve infrastructure in the city. Speaking at his post-budget speech session recently Msimanga said that the total capital budget for the current financial year amounted to...
Cape ramps up congestion relief efforts
The City of Cape Town has set aside R481 million for congestion relief projects over the next three financial years. According to Brett Herron, the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Transport and Urban Development, the money has been allocated to...
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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.