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Boost for community heroes: Iwisa No. 1 raises 2025 competition prize to R400,000

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Historic step for Eskom as it rolls out renewable energy offtake programme

Source: . The Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) comprises a system of several large dams and tunnels throughout Lesotho, which delivers water to the Gauteng region of South Africa via the Vaal River System. It is the largest water transfer scheme in Africa.

Ninety One's infrastructure credit fund hits R2bn, boosting South Africa's growth path

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SA’s electricity price is soaring. Why protests are often the only way for people to be heardLuke Sinwell

Source: GCIS. President Cyril Ramaphosa urged that water investment be central to finance discussions at the AU-AIP Water Summit 2025, which aligns with the launch of the Rand Water Zuikerbosch System Purification Plant in Vereeniging which he attended last week.

Global leaders unite in Cape Town to transform water investment strategy

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25 million people acutely food insecure in Sudan

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Historic step for Eskom as it rolls out renewable energy offtake programme

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Source: . The Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) comprises a system of several large dams and tunnels throughout Lesotho, which delivers water to the Gauteng region of South Africa via the Vaal River System. It is the largest water transfer scheme in Africa.

Ninety One's infrastructure credit fund hits R2bn, boosting South Africa's growth path

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Several initiatives to address pollution of rivers

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