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Efforts intensified to ensure supply in EC

The Department of Water Affairs together, with the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM) is intensifying efforts to improve water security in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro area amid concerns over the significant increase in water use since the drought of...
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Nedbank SAWEF Scholarship awarded

Nedbank CEO Mike Brown, together with Deputy Minister Mabudafhasi, jointly handed over a cheque for a R150 000 to Dr Heinrich Badenhorst, for winning the Nedbank SAWEF Scholarship for Water-Energy-Food Nexus Research. Brown commented: “Through the...
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Professor Kader Asmal scoops inaugural SAWEF Awards

On Wednesday 30 July at the inaugural South African Water, Energy & Food Forum (SAWEF) Gala Awards hosted at Montecasino in Fourways, Professor Kader Asmal, was posthumously awarded the first ever SAWEF Order of Leadership by Deputy Minister of...
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Major transport hub burns

A blazing fire shut down east Africa’s most important transport hub on Wednesday, 7 August. Nairobi’s international airport, JIKA (Jomo Kenyatta International Airport), caught fire just after 5am (Kenyan time). All flights into and out of JIKA have...
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Standard Bank launches green icon in Rosebank

The new Standard Bank premises in Rosebank is not only the first project under the green star rating for the Standard Bank team, but also a representation of the banks need to be responsible and think sustainably in the larger global context,...