Consulting engineering and infrastructure advisory firm – Zutari – played a significant role in organising the 7th WISA Young Water Professionals (YWP) conference in Stellenbosch with over 130 delegates. “Many countries are grappling with problems...
As part of Stellenbosch Municipality’s commitment to becoming a greener and more sustainable valley, the brand new waste material recovery facility (MRF) was launched by Mayor Gesie van Deventer on March 26th. This state of the art facility will...
Converting effluent into energy is relatively new technology in South Africa but more and more municipalities and private companies are starting to realise the enormous benefits. The latest organisation to embrace the technology is...
Large-scale solar power has long been a dream, primarily because of space and manufacturing constraints. However, due to a scientific breakthrough at Stellenbosch University, a viable concentrated solar power system (CSP) may soon be the answer to...
by Dr Sumetee Pahwa-Gajjar Businesses that strive to be environmentally sustainable must find better ways to measure and reduce their carbon footprint. Organisational goals for environmental performance areas, including the aim of carbon...
The levels of human excrement and disease-causing pathogens in rivers around Stellenbosch are unacceptable and unsanitary. People who use the rivers for sport and recreation stand a chance of contracting diseases such as diarrhoea, food poisoning...
A demonstration plant to produce locally developed thin-film solar module technology was opened in Stellenbosch this week. The photovoltaic pilot line has been commissioned by Photovoltaic Technology Intellectual Property (PTiP) in partnership with...
By Sumetee Pahwa-Gajjar Businesses that strive to be environmentally sustainable must find better ways to measure and reduce their carbon footprint. Organisational goals for environmental performance areas, including the aim of carbon neutrality,...
The levels of human excrement and disease-causing pathogens in rivers around Stellenbosch are unacceptable and unsanitary. The water of the Eerste and Plankenbrug Rivers regularly do not meet international or national standards for the safe...
