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    AFDB Project Video
    (2023) Steyn, Maronel
    The video gives and overview of the project Phycoremediation as an adaptation measure for climate change vulnerability at rural wastewater treatment plants in Southern African development community countries. It shows images of the different treatment plants in the different partner countries where feasibility studies were completed and where the technology is implement in Malawi. The technology addresses the issue of overloaded wastewater treatment works in South Africa and together with that the eutrophication and our receiving water environments. It also helps with service delivery issues in South Africa.
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    Editorial: Antimicrobial resistance in the water environment
    (2020-12) Toranzos, G; Steyn, Maronel; Santiago-Rodriguez, T; Sano, D
    Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) has been raised as important for the international agenda. AMR is not only an immediate major threat to global health but also impacts global economies. More than 700,000 people worldwide die each year because of AMR resistance. While the relative role of the environment is unclear at this stage, an important first step is to identify hotspots of AMR spread and human exposure, and explore (via modeling) possible benefits of actions aimed to cut/reduce the load of AMR agents into various environments. The Journal of Water and Health will publish a Special Issue related to AMR in the water environment, in which seven papers feature a mixture of primary research, reviews and commentaries, including, but not limited to the detection, monitoring and surveillance of AMR genes in various water types, sewage, activated sludge and in wastewater reuse. The occurrence and distribution of antimicrobials, antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes was determined by a variety of techniques using the latest information available in both developing and developed countries.
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    Journal of Information Warfare
    (2022-03) Mtsweni, Jabu S
    Cybersecurity has evolved over the years, and today cyberattacks instigated by cyber-criminals, nation states, or insider threat actors are part of regular headline news. In South Africa and around the world, the number of cyberattacks or incidents in the public and private sectors have been on an increase over the past few years, but are more prominent since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ransomware attacks and data breaches are more common. Recent research studies indicate that in 2020 countries such as India reported over 50 000 cybercrimes (12% increase from previous year) and Australia reported a 13% increase in 2020 with one in four of the cyber incidents targeting critical information infrastructure. In August 2021, the Information Regulator indicated that close to 40 organisations reported suffering a security breach in South Africa. All these cyber incidents come at a cost estimated to be at $500 billion per annum, negatively impacting 20% of the businesses; whilst in South Africa, the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC) predicts cybercrime losses to be over a billion every year and that the attacks will be increasing. The developed countries are not protected either, as a recent study from Checkpoint indicates that ransomware attacks have increased by 93% in 2021 with Europe, the Middle East, and Africa seeing the highest growth. In the United States, authorities have also observed over 500 attacks in 2021 that have been perpetrated by the Conti ransomware.
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    Statistics of utility-scale power generation in South Africa in 2021
    (2022-04) Pierce, W; Ferreira, Bianca A
    This presentation presents a summary of statistics of utility-scale power generation in South Africa in 2021.