Sixteen innovators from eight African countries, including Botswana for the first time, have been shortlisted for the 10th Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. The Africa Prize, launched in 2014 by the UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering,...
Water and climate change are inextricably linked. Extreme weather events are making water more scarce, more unpredictable and more polluted – threatening sustainable development, biodiversity, and people’s access to water and sanitation. Africa is...
The climate crisis is set to be one of the greatest challenges humanity will face, a watershed moment with protracted effects whether we overcome this predicament or not. Not only will climate change have a significant impact on our current...
According to water scientist and authority on the subject, Anthony Turton, climate change is poised to exert a significant detrimental impact on the maintenance of South Africa’s water infrastructure. In order to avert a potential...
While the Flanders Environment Agency VMM (Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij) in Belgium can do little to change the volatility of the weather, it does play a decisive role in creating a water distribution strategy. The environmental agency measures and...
A massive rollout for infrastructure has been identified as a key intervention by President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan for South Africa, which includes a smart city, new boarders and highway upgrades. In his 2021...
Over the past decade, ‘sustainability’ has become a global buzzword; however, the imperative behind the word is more than just a box-ticking exercise. Authored by Mark Boshoff, head: Transformation and Sustainability, Nedbank During 2015, the UN...
Endress+Hauser’s smart instrumentation combined with digital solutions create efficient, compliant water and wastewater (W/WW) treatment plants. The water industry has undergone enormous changes in the past 20 years. It used to be the...
