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Paseka Lesolang can save billions of litres of water for South Africa. Paseka has invented a flushless organic enhancement for standard toilets that can save 140 litres of water per day for an average four person household. It also removes the need for users to touch a flush handle, reducing the potential...

SA could lead in fuel cells

During her speech at the COP17 event, Anglo American Chief Executive, CYNTHIA CARROLL highlighted that South Africa has the potential to be a leader in the fuel cell industry through a technology partnership between government and the private sector.   South Africa has the potential to be a leader in...

Betty’s Bay man gets noticed for innovation in Eskom eta Awards

Betty’s Bay-based engineer, Russell Witthuhn has earned a place in the finals of the Eskom eta Awards, now in its 22ndyear, for his unwavering and self-motivated ambition to create an efficient vertical wind turbine that could survive the harsh weather conditions in South Africa’s coastal regions. His...

Doing all that you can to conserve energy

Cutting your energy bill by 60% at home is no mean feat.  This was however achieved by Russell Attenbourgh who lives in a small seaside village just outside of East London in the Eastern Cape.  His efforts have paid off with a runner-up prize in the Energy Savings in Households category of the 2011 Eskom...

The Leatherman of solar in emerging communities

Marlene Snowdown was startled to learn how many people in previously disadvantaged communities, although living RDP homes, did not have geysers for water heating. As a proponent of solar power and its potential to alleviate the burden on the national power grid, support sustainable communities and combat...

Make wine while the sun shines

The winemaking tradition of the Grier family began in the 1970s with cousins Jeff and Simon Grier, whose pursuit of excellence in wine production found a home in 1983 with the purchase of Villiera Wines, in the Stellenbosch Region.   The innovative team made a commitment to lessen its impact on the...