The Vaal Barrage is now home to an invasive plant species that has had significant negative economic and environmental consequences for the region, and its rapid spread will not slow down without intervention. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/vaal-water-lettuce-invasion-signifies-need-to-weed-out-water-pollution-2024-05-24

Based on the concept that algae are a carbon-capture powerhouse, Austin, Texas biotech company Reactive Surfaces has invested over $2-million in the research and development of an algae-infused paint and surface area treatment, to not only capture but also sequester carbon emissions. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/algae-offers-new-carbon-emissions-solution-2024-05-24

Rescuers searched through the debris of a multi-storey building collapse in the South African city of George early on Tuesday that has left at least five people dead and dozens still trapped. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/building-collapse-in-south-africa-leaves-three-dead-dozens-trapped-2024-05-07

Local waste management company Interwaste – a Séché Environnement Group company – has launched its R100-million leachate and effluent treatment plant in Delmas, Mpumalanga. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/interwaste-launches-leachate-and-effluent-treatment-plant-2024-04-26

Industry organisation the Energy Council of South Africa has welcomed the passing of the Climate Change Bill by Parliament on April 25. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/energy-council-welcomes-passing-of-climate-change-bill-2024-05-02

The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) has approved the Climate Change Bill. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/ncop-approves-climate-change-bill-2024-04-29

The City of Cape Town (CoCT) says it is moving closer to turning landfill waste into energy, with two projects that are designed to produce electricity from the combustion of landfill gas moving towards implementation. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/cape-town-targeting-this-year-as-starting-date-for-turning-waste-into-power-2024-04-30

The establishment of a national register of polluters will be key to dealing with the pollution of the environment and water sources in South Africa, says Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/national-register-of-polluters-necessary-to-deal-with-water-pollution-says-dws-2024-04-15

Waste management company Interwaste on April 10 launched its R100-million leachate and effluent treatment plant in Delmas, Mpumalanga. The company says the plant is the first of its kind in Southhttps://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/interwaste-launches-r100m-leachate-effluent-treatment-plant-in-delmas-2024-04-10

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy has granted Sasol South Africa permission to employ a load-based limit to regulate the sulphur dioxide (SO2) of its Secunda boilers in a decision upholding the JSE-listed group’s. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/sasol-granted-permission-to-use-load-based-limit-to-regulate-so2-emissions-from-secunda-boilers-2024-04-08