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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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Standard Bank issues inaugural green bond
Standard Bank of South Africa Limited (“SBSA”) has issued its first ever green bond, via private placement with IFC, a development finance institution focused on the private sector, part of the World Bank Group. It is a 10-year facility with the...
Industry leaders: Who will benefit from increased plastic bags levies?
South Africans breathed a collective sigh of relief last week when Finance Minister Tito Mboweni announced that the tax threshold of income earners has been lowered and when nothing came of the dreaded VAT increase during the 2020 Budget Speech....
Patricia De Lille has announced the release of land
Public works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia De Lille has announced the release of hundreds of hectares of land to families dispossessed by the apartheid government. Source:...
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Ethekwini seeks R1bn loan for capital projects
The eThekwini municipality has received the go ahead from Council to acquire a loan of R1 billion to fund capital projects in the City. Deputy Mayor Fawzia Peer says that all due diligence has been done to ensure that the City can afford it and...
Cape interventions drive down water consumption
Water consumption in the City of Cape Town has dropped to just over 500 million litres a day (MLD) this year, a promising sign for the drought plagued city. According to Cape Town Deputy Mayor Ian Neilson the city’s interventions, which include the...
Westdene Dam Precinct gets pedestrian friendly makeover
The Westdene Dam Precinct is undergoing a mega makeover as part of an effort by the City of Johannesburg to encourage residents to reclaim their streets. The seven-month project, which costs approximately R38 million, is part of the Empire Perth...
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