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Harmony refurbishes three municipal wastewater treatment plants
10th September 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

Harmony Gold has refurbished three municipal wastewater treatment plants on behalf of the Matjhabeng, Matlosana and Merafong municipalities and has implemented its own water treatment plants at... 


TIA launches nanobubble aquaponics pilot plant
9th September 2024 By: Schalk Burger

The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and water treatment technology company Fine Bubble Technologies have launched a nanobubble aquaponics pilot plant at De Grendel School of Skills, in Cape... 


Valhalla Capital Partners, Finnish wastewater pioneer in JV
9th September 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

South Africa-based investment holding company Valhalla Capital Partners has signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with Finnish wastewater treatment technology pioneer EPSE. The JV, which also... 


Xylem SA receives ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 management systems certification
6th September 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Water solutions company Xylem South Africa (Xylem SA) has been certificated according to the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) standards ISO 14001 and 45001 management systems,... 


Data, monitoring needed as water tariff increases threaten to become core business cost
5th September 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Beyond the challenges to water security presented by population growth, urbanisation, poor infrastructure and water treatment, companies must start measuring their water use throughout their... 


Failed Riversands dams not registered, licensed
30th August 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) plans to take action against the current and former owners of the dams that failed earlier in August, subsequently causing flooding that resulted in... 


Tzaneen Dam
New water infrastructure agency gets legislative green light
28th August 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

President Cyril Ramaphosa has assented to the South African National Water Resources Infrastructure Agency (NWRIA) Bill, unlocking the establishment of a new State-owned company responsible for... 


Immediate action needed to arrest municipal debt to water boards
28th August 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

Urgent action is required to stop municipalities’ ever-increasing debt to water boards, the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation said on Wednesday. As at June 2024, the municipal debt to... 


Image of Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Sanitation Councillor Zahid Badroodien with project manager Anton Le Roux at the recently-installed Main Medium Voltage Incomer
Athlone Waste Water Treatment Works’ multibillion-rand upgrade on track
27th August 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

The City of Cape Town’s R4-billion capital investment programme to upgrade the Athlone Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) is under way, with 25% of the first phase of the programme having been... 


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LHDA achieves critical milestone in Polihali tunnel construction
22nd August 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

After seven months of tunnelling on the Polihali transfer tunnel construction site, the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) has achieved the successful breakthrough of the upper intake... 


The manhole protector grid solution
Engineer invents manhole protector grid as an early warning system to prevent sewage spills
21st August 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Civil engineer Chris Nganga Kimaru has developed a manhole protector grid (MPG) solution that uses GSM and Sigfox-enabled Internet of Things sensors and gateways to continuously monitor sewage flow... 


DWS empties fourth Riverlands dam
19th August 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has emptied the fourth dam in Riverlands, in the Western Cape, by means of a side channel spillway to prevent a more catastrophic collapse of the dam... 


Water resilience guide for businesses launched in Cape Town
16th August 2024 By: Rebecca Campbell

Western Cape provincial trade, investment and tourism promotion agency Wesgro and nonprofit green economy solutions facilitation company GreenCape have jointly launched the CEO Guide to Water... 


The Vaal dam
Department of Water and Sanitation owed more than R25bn
15th August 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

Municipalities, companies and water boards collectively owe the Department of Water and Sanitation’s (DWS’s) Water Trading Entity more than R25-billion for water use. This emerged during a... 


Three farm dams collapse in South Africa, displacing hundreds
12th August 2024 By: Bloomberg

Three farm dams collapsed in South Africa’s Western Cape province, displacing hundreds of people, and the authorities are monitoring a fourth facility for potential failure. Retention walls on the... 


Cape Town’s R5bn budget set for water and sanitation investments
7th August 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate is preparing to deploy its Council-approved capital budget over the 2024/25 financial year. The city’s R18-billion water and sanitation... 


AfriForum gears up for yearly blue, green drop project
7th August 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

Civil society organisation AfriForum has started its yearly programme to test South Africa’s water. Branches nationwide are testing the water quality of drinking water and water at wastewater... 


Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busisiwe Mavuso
South African firms seek water investments to avoid next crisis
7th August 2024 By: Bloomberg

South African corporates — which have partnered with the government to revive failing transport and energy networks — are in talks with the state to deal with water availability, which the head of... 


Public Works Minister welcomes completed work at Lower uMkhomazi water project
6th August 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson on Tuesday welcomed the work being done by Infrastructure South Africa to unblock the bureaucracy and red tape around Umgeni-Uthukela... 


Rand Water in recovery after successful maintenance project
6th August 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

Water utility Rand Water on Tuesday said that its extensive, proactive infrastructure maintenance project has been successfully completed. The maintenance project was conducted from June 22 to July... 


The Johannesburg skyline
Africa’s richest city needs R221bn to fix infrastructure
6th August 2024 By: Bloomberg

Johannesburg, billed as Africa’s richest city because of its concentration of businesses and millionaires, needs R221-billion to catch up on maintenance and overdue upgrades across its collapsing... 


WATER AND SANITATION DEPUTY MINISTER DAVID MAHLOBO
Skipping water infrastructure maintenance will cause challenges larger than electricity crisis, says Mahlobo
5th August 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

Many issues have been raised over Rand Water’s five-week extensive maintenance programme, following which many residents across Gauteng were left without water for days and weeks. Some are still... 


Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister Sello Seitlholo
South Africa’s water projects held to ransom
5th August 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

South Africa’s water sector faces many challenges, yet with recent unblocking of projects, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) hopes to accelerate the recovery and improvement of the... 


Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina
DWS will support, not interfere with, municipalities’ water provision responsibilities
5th August 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

While several municipalities across South Africa have battled to maintain consistent water services for citizens, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) said it cannot overtake and interfere... 


An image showing the Joburg Water Diefontein wastewater treatment secondary clarifier
Joburg Council approves power, water turnaround strategies
2nd August 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The Johannesburg City Council this week approved the turnaround strategies for City Power Johannesburg and Johannesburg Water, as it aims to bolster essential municipal services across the city.... 


Water storage tanks produced by Africa Tanks
Mpact acquires equity stake in Africa Tanks, sells Versapak business
1st August 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Paper and plastics packaging and recycling business Mpact has acquired a strategic equity shareholding in vertical tank manufacturer Africa Tanks to mitigate against drought, watershedding and... 


Infrastructure refurbishment investment alone could provide R100bn/y manufacturing stimulus
Infrastructure refurbishment investment alone could provide R100bn/y manufacturing stimulus
31st July 2024 By: Darren Parker

South Africa’s decaying water, electricity and logistics infrastructure presents a R100-billion a year repair and refurbishment investment opportunity that could provide much-needed stimulus for... 


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Tsebo Facilities Solutions at the forefront of strategic water management in South Africa
30th July 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

There is no one-size-fits-all solution to South Africa’s water challenges and it will take multifaceted approach to mitigate the strain on the country’s complex water sector. South Africa's water... 


New raw water use tariffs proposed for Vaal-Orange catchment
29th July 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), in collaboration with the Vaal-Orange Catchment Management Agency, has proposed new raw water abstraction tariff/charges for the new financial year of... 


Water coming out of a tap
Rand Water prepares for final phase of maintenance
24th July 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

Rand Water is set to embark on the final phase of its extensive five-week maintenance project across Gauteng, with the water utility warning that it may take up to two weeks to fully recover after... 


data servers
Liquid-cooled AI data centres crucial but challenging in water-scarce South Africa
22nd July 2024 By: Darren Parker

As the demand for AI processing power grows and thermal loads increase, liquid cooling has become a critical element in data center design. However, technology company Schneider Electric... 


Citizens can help find solutions to South Africa’s deteriorating water quality
19th July 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Citizen science, where the public collects and analyses scientific data, can contribute to monitoring and testing of water quality in South Africa, delegates at the third yearly IIE MSA Water... 


Student teams take top prize in 2024 Xylem Global Student Innovation Challenge
18th July 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

More than 4 400 student innovators from 150 countries have proposed new solutions to water and sustainability threats in this year’s Xylem Global Student Innovation Challenge. Teams from the... 


Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana
Treasury to sign agreements in transport and water sectors aimed at fast-tracking private investment
17th July 2024 By: Terence Creamer

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana reports that the National Treasury is working on signing memoranda of agreement in the transport and water sectors with the goal of fast-tracking private sector... 


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