Emerging black construction companies owned by women, youth, military veterans and people with disabilities should take the lead in rolling out alternative building technology (ABT).
World Water Week, which took place between 15 and 22 March 2021, provides an opportunity to rethink where we are as a nation. It provides an opportunity to re-evaluate our journey...
Professor Anthony Turton 26 Mar 2021
A partnership between South Africa and Japan will see the Department of Water and Sanitation train artisans to deal with water losses in communities...
In just the last five years South Africa has faced two of the biggest challenges imaginable. We are in the midst of a once-in-a-century pandemic and...
Michael Franze 19 Mar 2021
Africa is the continent most vulnerable to the impact of climate change. That's largely because many of its people and governments are too poor to do what's needed...
Mike Muller 19 Mar 2021
Celebrating National Water Week, which runs from 15 to 22 March this year, Woolworths has committed R2m to water security and sanitation in schools...
In the wake of National Water Week, the spotlight is again placed on the country's water infrastructure and its numerous challenges. Here's how tech can help...
Jacques Squire 15 Mar 2021
There is no question that the public sector and the state-owned companies (SOC) cluster in South Africa has come under enormous scrutiny from all sides...
Bakang Letshwiti 4 Mar 2021
In his 2021 SONA, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the establishment of a National Water Resources Infrastructure Agency would be accelerated...
Mike Muller 3 Mar 2021
President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled the progress of the country's infrastructure plan to stimulate the economy and promote growth during his State of the Nation Address (Sona), which includes smart cities...
President Cyril Ramaphosa's 2021 State of the Nation Address (Sona) laid out the top four priorities for the future of the country...
The Department of Water and Sanitation has assured the public that the country's large dams are not likely to collapse...
The Covid-19 pandemic has starkly illustrated how multiple water security risks affect the lives and livelihoods of millions of people across Africa, Kenya included. The pandemic has compounded the severity of the impacts resulting from water-related climate hazards, such as floods, droughts and cyclones.
Simon Thomas 31 Dec 2020
Vishal Krishandutt was recently inaugurated as the South African Institution of Civil Engineering's (SAICE) 118th president...
For its inaugural investment in Sub-Saharan Africa, The PepsiCo Foundation will introduce programmes to improve access to water and sanitation for thousands of people in South Africa...
The recently held sixth annual Water Stewardship Event looked at how strengthened water sector governance and stewardship practices could provide a pathway for a green and inclusive recovery from the impacts of Covid-19...
With Covid-19 having accelerated the need for socio-economic development, sustainability and societal impact continue to gain traction and recognition among the investment management and investor communities alike...
There's an old and somewhat overused saying attributed to Winston Churchill that is nevertheless appropriate in these uncertain times: never let a good crisis go to waste...
Muhammad Nabil 11 Jun 2020
Africa is not readily associated with water but, due to its varying geography, it is both a dry continent as well as a wet continent...
BT-Industrial (BTI) recently signed up as a member of the Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Association...
Several of the beaches most loved by Capetonians for surfing, swimming and sunset picnics are polluted enough to fail the minimum water quality guidelines over the last two years...
Steve Kretzmann 30 Apr 2020
The outbreak of the Covid-19 virus in South Africa has once again highlighted the dangers that the country's lacking water infrastructure pose...
South Africa remains under pressure when it comes to efficient water use and conservation, where limited supply is increasingly stressed by rising demand, aged and insufficient infrastructure and lack of consumer awareness...
Karen King 23 Mar 2020
Smart cities use information and communications technology (ICT) to enhance liveability, workability and sustainability, thereby improving the life of its residents...
The quickest win of all lies in reticulation efficiency. We currently lose about 25% of treated, expensive drinking quality water to leaks in our cities and towns...
Dhesigen Naidoo 6 Jan 2020
As we consider recent water shortages, droughts and flooding, it is evident that the water sector is slow to innovate...
Chantal Ramcharan-Kotze and Johann Lubbe 19 Dec 2019
In a recent open letter, President Cyril Ramaphosa painted a grim picture of the country's threatening water woes...
Water and sanitation minister Lindiwe Sisulu has called on dam owners across the country to adhere to dam safety legislation in the wake of extreme weather patterns...
There has been a lot of concern and complaints but very few solutions for our water-stressed country that's coupled with perverse water-use behaviours...
Jay Bhagwan 13 Nov 2019
Our continent is hurtling towards an uncertain future that is being shaped by the forces of the Fourth Industrial Revolution...
Pedro Guerreiro 11 Nov 2019
A serious multi-year drought in parts of South Africa's Northern and Eastern Cape provinces has seen a number of small towns threatened by total water supply failures and livestock farmers facing financial ruin...
Mike Muller 8 Nov 2019
Experts warn that in addition to the energy crisis, South Africans face another looming disaster in the form of severe water scarcity. The Department of Water and Sanitation warned that unless urgent actions are taken, South Africa will experience a water shortage of approximately 3,000 billion litres by 2030...
Louise Stafford 28 Oct 2019
The fifth annual Water Stewardship Event, which took place recently at the Crowne Plaza in Rosebank, Johannesburg, examined how South Africa's water value chain can be strengthened through partnerships...
Gert Schoonbee, co-owner of farming company Schoonbee Landgoed shares insight on how South Africa's agriculture sector can be transformed...
Gert Schoonbee 17 Sep 2019
Africa's story has for many years been recorded by those who did not speak her languages, know her legends or count their families among her people...
Duncan MacFadyen 6 Sep 2019
Siemens launches report on 'Dawn of Digitalization and its Impact on Africa'...
Coal mines in Mpumalanga have polluted about 90% of groundwater in the Highveld region alone..
With Mpumalanga dam levels continuing to drop, the Department of Water and Sanitation has reiterated its call on consumers in the province to intensify their water -saving habits until the next summer rains...
While the ailing South African construction industry contributed to the worst decline in economic activity in a decade in the first quarter of 2019, also contributing to unemployment by shedding some 142,000 jobs...
This year's SAPOA Convention was probably the most downbeat that I've attended in my many years in the building industry...
Patrick McInerney 4 Jul 2019
The City of Cape Town calls for innovative and smart ideas that will help to mitigate the current energy crisis...
The United Nations reports that water scarcity affects more than 40% of the global population. Just over a third of people don't have access to safely managed drinking water. This is why the Sustainable Development Goals set out to achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all by 2030.
Ana Rita Sequeira et al. 23 Apr 2019
This year's theme for World Water Day, held annually on 22 March, is 'Leaving no one behind', aptly revisiting access to water as a critical human right...
The City of Cape Town - and southwest Africa more generally - experienced its worst drought on record between 2015 and 2018...
Jasper Knight 1 Mar 2019
A countrywide water shortage is a decade away unless urgent action is taken to rehabilitate and preserve our rivers and catchment areas, fix and maintain crumbling infrastructure, and implement water re-use...
Steve Kretzmann 28 Feb 2019
The City of Cape Town's Transport Directorate is making great progress with its Gugulethu Roads Rehabilitation project...
The Kommetjie Road Project, Cape Towns's biggest congestion relief projects with a total investment of R194m over three years, is now in the final year...
Driven by the requirement to improve operational efficiencies and revenues, cut down on wastage, and enhance customer service, water utilities around the world are turning to advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) - including smart meters - and the trend is set to accelerate in 2019.
Darren Oxlee 18 Jan 2019