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Israeli water experts in SA - politics be dammed (pun intended)

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A team of Israeli water experts is in South Africa to meet various municipalities, hoping to share world-leading technology that could help turn around the country’s ailing water infrastructure. South Africa is a water-stressed country with some bulk infrastructure as old as 80 years. Dr Clive Lipchin is heading the team of Israeli academics and spoke as part of a panel in Johannesburg. Lipchin is positive that their overtures to assist South Africa won’t be undermined or dismissed by politics, as an increasingly fractious relationship persists between the two countries. Michael Appel from BizNews has this report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12 Aug 2022 4AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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