The professional body responsible for the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) operations and maintenance, the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA), is steadily progressing the construction of the Polihali dam and Polihali transfer tunnel as part of its Phase II water transfer works. The tunnel is set to be substantially completed in 2028 and the dam will achieve the same level of completion a year later in 2029. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/lhda-advances-phase-2-2025-12-12

The R6-billion Clanwilliam Dam project, which is expected to be completed in 2029, was visited in early September by Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina, who oversaw the progress of the construction of the dam wall. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/dam-raising-project-improves-water-yield-economic-growth-2025-12-12

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has sent a team of engineers to investigate a possible dam failure on a farm along the R568 road near Bronkhorspruit. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/dws-investigating-possible-dam-failure-at-thabos-dam-2025-12-12

Anew report by AfriForum has revealed that a large percentage of samples of municipal drinking water show it is safe for human consumption; however, 94 out of 109, or 86%, of sewage treatment plants release effluent that is still polluted with sewage into water sources. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/afriforum-report-shows-86-of-sewage-treatment-plants-release-polluted-water-into-rivers-2025-12-10

As South Africa risks its water demand outstripping water supply, the Water Research Commission (WRC) has launched a new water-saving campaign to encourage households to play a role in combating the country’s water crisis. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/water-research-commission-launches-water-saving-campaign-2025-12-09

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and Urban Waste Management MMC Grant Twigg in November powered up the city’s new gas-to-energy plant at the Coastal Park Landfill. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/cape-town-switches-on-landfill-gas-to-energy-plant-2025-12-05

Polyco’s Packa-Ching community recycling initiative has paid out more than R50-million to South African communities, and diverted more than 41-million kilogrammes of waste from landfills. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/polycos-packa-ching-initiative-pays-out-r50m-diverts-41m-kg-of-waste-from-landfills-2025-12-03

South African producer responsibility organisation Polyco has announced that South African communities have collected more than 41-million kilogrammes of waste material, and earned themselves more than R50-million, through the organisation’s flagship Packa-Ching initiative. This waste, including plastics, cans, glass and paper, would otherwise have gone to landfills. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/south-african-communities-have-collected-41-000-t-of-waste-in-recycling-initiative-2025-11-28

Anew dust collector control solution, the Contura Pulse Controller, which will be equipped with iCue Connected Technology, is being launched by industrial filter products and solutions company Donaldson Filtration Solutions, strengthening Donaldson’s position as a global leader in filtration solutions. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/new-technology-improves-dust-control-filtration-processes-2025-11-28

Building sustainable flood resilience https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/from-flood-lines-to-lifelines-2025-11-20