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            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Research conducted by research, development and innovation institution the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has demonstrated that coal dust explosibility testing can be performed using a modern international-standard testing system when accounting for mine-specific environmental conditions. Speaking at the Coaltech Colloquium, held on May 28 in Benoni, at the Anew Hotel and Conference Centre, CSIR mechanical engineer Riaan Bergh said the organisation's Kloppersbos facility was established about 40 years ago to help protect South Africa's coal mining industry from large-scale coal dust and methane explosions.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The compounding pressures of accelerating urbanisation, decaying legacy systems, climate change and chronic underinvestment in public infrastructure over decades mean that both the public and private sectors must urgently mobilise towards solutions, says law firm Webber Wentzel partner Khurshid Fazel. “Across the African continent, water infrastructure is under increasing strain,” she stresses.]]></description>
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