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Source: © Whiteriver Technical College by 30 June, companies and municipalities will have to have registered a supervisor as a professional process controller with the WISA, as required by Regulation 3630 of the National Water Act

Science & Engineering

Legal risk for employers with water treatment facilities looms

3 Jun 2025

Source: Supplied.

Infrastructure & Utilities

Emfuleni set for water infrastructure overhaul after R7bn funding commitment

16 May 2025

Source: Wikipedia.

Property Development

Athlone Power Station's redevelopment hits roadblock

14 May 2025

Work has been suspended on the 38km tunnel between the Polihali and Katse dams. Photo: Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (fair use).

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Lesotho Highlands Water Project contractor suspended for polluting rivers

Sechaba Mokhethi 13 May 2025

Construction & Engineering

Infrastructure is the lifeline of SA's GNU

Emeka Umeche 7 May 2025

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Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Tiny technology that can find pollution in South Africa’s water and trap it

Philiswa Nomngongo 6 May 2025

Source: Theewaterskloof Municipality. Theewaterskloof Dam.

Infrastructure & Utilities

"Cape Town’s water recycling project should not be privatised"

17 Apr 2025

Source: Hotel Verde. Hotel Verde, Africa’s greenest hotel, exemplifies sustainable infrastructure and green job creation in South Africa’s tourism and construction sectors.

Economy

Green infrastructure and jobs: South Africa’s plan for a brighter economic future

Teboho Makhabane 11 Apr 2025

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Labour Law

The complex business of outsourcing and the implications of Section 197

Jacques van Wyk and Mike Searle 27 Mar 2025

Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister, Sello Seitlholo, and the Rhodes University Centre for Biological Control (CBC) have released weevil species to tackle the invasive alien aquatic plant at Hartbeespoort Dam in the North West. Source:

Environment & Natural Resources

Action taken against Harties Dam invasive alien plant

19 Mar 2025

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Infrastructure & Utilities

Gauteng's illegal boreholes and other water infrastructure woes: What can we do about it?

Danielle van der Vaart and Kiera Bracher 6 Mar 2025

Kate Stubbs, Marketing Director at Interwaste

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Turning waste into wealth - SA’s ESG roadmap for 2025

Kate Stubbs 14 Jan 2025

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Construction & Engineering

SAICE inaugurates 2025 president, on path to net zero

20 Dec 2024

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Circular Economy & Waste Management

‘Forever chemicals’ are polluting African waters: Lake Victoria, SA’s Vaal and Kenya’s Nairobi rivers are hotspots

Patrick Ssebugere, Ashirafu Miiro, and Nelson Odume 3 Dec 2024

Infrastructure challenges are affecting our tourism industry – the repercussions are huge

Tourism

Infrastructure challenges are affecting our tourism industry – the repercussions are huge

Bongani Mthombeni 22 Nov 2024

Source: Equites chief executive officer, Andrea Taverna-Turisan.

Property

Record-low vacancies drive Equites Property Fund’s strong financial performance

15 Oct 2024

The Gcuwa River at Butterworth has been contaminated by constant flows of raw sewage for eight years, and has become a dump site. Photo: Manqulo Nyakombi / GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Eight years and counting - sewage spills into Butterworth river

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 13 Aug 2024

Citizens team up with scientists to find solutions to SA’s deteriorating water quality

Food, Water & Energy Security

Citizens team up with scientists to find solutions to SA’s deteriorating water quality

Issued by JNPR 23 Jul 2024

The Umgeni River mouth is a popular recreation area in Durban, but is chronically polluted by sewage. Photo: Nokulunga Majola / GroundUp

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Umgeni: A river of sewage flowing through Durban

Nokulunga Majola 19 Jul 2024

When words aren’t enough: Parties falling short on climate action

Environment & Natural Resources

When words aren’t enough: Parties falling short on climate action

Kemunto Ogutu, Issued by Roving Reporters 31 May 2024

Promising SA-first solution to convert paper sludge, food and textile waste into bioethanol

ESG

Promising SA-first solution to convert paper sludge, food and textile waste into bioethanol

Issued by Sappi 29 Apr 2024

Image: Supplied

Circular Economy & Waste Management

R49.2m investment in new treated effluent pump station

4 Apr 2024

Deputy President Paul Mashatile responded to questions from the NCOP

Infrastructure & Utilities

Government scrambles to fix water, power outages with rapid response plans

14 Mar 2024

Ewseta chief executive officer, Mpho Mookapele

Sustainability

Ewseta upskills workforce for green jobs with new training programmes

28 Feb 2024

Robert Erasmus, MD at Sanitech

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Sustainable strategies shaping ESG compliance in South Africa

Robert Erasmus 23 Feb 2024

More than 200-million litres of untreated or partially treated sewage is released into False Bay daily. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Failing sewage plants continue to pollute False Bay

Steve Kretzmann 16 Feb 2024

More than two million litres of sieved raw sewage is pumped out to sea off Camps Bay every day. This is one of three marine outfalls, the other two being at Greenpoint and Hout Bay. The City has commissioned a study to determine the costs of treating the sewage first, or piping it to existing wastewater treatment works or further out to sea. Photo: Steve Kretzmann / Groundup

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Cape Town’s ocean-bound sewage options unveiled

Steve Kretzmann 9 Feb 2024

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Food, Water & Energy Security

Mchunu to lead Water Services Authority Summit

17 Jan 2024

EWSETA ramps up bursary funding for pioneering transformative research in the energy and water sector

Education

EWSETA ramps up bursary funding for pioneering transformative research in the energy and water sector

Issued by At Vogue Communication Agency 5 Jan 2024

Kate Stubbs, Marketing Director at Interwaste

Trends

#BizTrends2024: Wastewater management is a critical pillar to preserving our water - and environment

Kate Stubbs 8 Jan 2024

Source: Supplied - MSC World America

Travel

MSC Cruises invests in new environmentally-friendly ships for World Class fleet

14 Nov 2023

Image supplied. An R16m UK-SA Water Innovation Lead Customer Programme fund has launched

Food, Water & Energy Security

R16m UK-SA Water Innovation Lead Customer Programme fund launches

13 Nov 2023

Water crisis in South Africa: Are we making progress?

Accounting & Auditing

Water crisis in South Africa: Are we making progress?

Issued by SAICA 6 Nov 2023

The Medium Term Budget Policy Statement and the water crisis

Accounting & Auditing

The Medium Term Budget Policy Statement and the water crisis

Issued by SAICA 1 Nov 2023

R5.2bn Potsdam Wastewater Works upgrade underway

Infrastructure & Utilities

R5.2bn Potsdam Wastewater Works upgrade underway

11 Aug 2023

WaterCan lays criminal complaint against CoJ for ongoing sewage pollution

Infrastructure & Utilities

WaterCan lays criminal complaint against CoJ for ongoing sewage pollution

26 Jul 2023

Nigeria is Africa's leading rice producer, but still needs more - reusing wastewater for irrigation would boost farming

Sustainable Farming

Nigeria is Africa's leading rice producer, but still needs more - reusing wastewater for irrigation would boost farming

Christopher Oluwakunmi Akinbile 22 Jun 2023

SA's drinking water quality has dropped because of defective infrastructure, neglect

Infrastructure & Utilities

SA's drinking water quality has dropped because of defective infrastructure, neglect

Anja du Plessis 14 Jun 2023

Source: Twitter/@SAgovnews

Public Health

Ramaphosa schedules visit to Hammanskraal in response to cholera outbreak

8 Jun 2023

#YouthMonth: Izadri van Niekerk on engineering as a force for good

Construction & Engineering

#YouthMonth: Izadri van Niekerk on engineering as a force for good

Sindy Peters 2 Jun 2023

With R16.1bn outstanding, reconfigured water boards aim for financial sustainability

Infrastructure & Utilities

With R16.1bn outstanding, reconfigured water boards aim for financial sustainability

28 Feb 2023

Image: South Beach in Durban earlier this February after heavy rains. Much of it comes from rivers that empty into the sea. Photos: Lucas Nowicki | GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Call for government to save Durban's contaminated rivers

Lucas Nowicki 27 Feb 2023

How do we fix SA's critical water challenges?

Infrastructure & Utilities

How do we fix SA's critical water challenges?

Chetan Mistry 16 Feb 2023

South Africa's biggest cities are out of water, but the dams are full: what's gone wrong

Infrastructure & Utilities

South Africa's biggest cities are out of water, but the dams are full: what's gone wrong

Anja du Plessis 19 Oct 2022

'One Water' paradigm shift gaining momentum in water industry - report

Food, Water & Energy Security

'One Water' paradigm shift gaining momentum in water industry - report

9 Sep 2022

7 solutions to improve SA's wastewater infrastructure performance, revenue

Infrastructure & Utilities

7 solutions to improve SA's wastewater infrastructure performance, revenue

6 Jul 2022