South Africa

uMhlathuze, KwaZulu-Natal — In a region facing increasing water insecurity, a three-day learning exchange between the uMhlathuze Water Stewardship Partnership (UWASP) and the Lusaka Water Security Initiative (LuSWI) highlighted how collaboration, good governance and community-led action lie at the heart of building long-term water resilience.

What does supplier diversity look like in action? As part of the Project’s MEAL onboarding workshops, the South African country team visited the South African Supplier Diversity Council (SASDC) to find out. The visit opened a window into how SASDC is transforming South Africa’s supplier development landscape — building inclusion, innovation, and opportunity from the ground up.

Public and private sector stakeholders in the Kingdom of Eswatini on 27 November 2025 convened for a critical alignment session aimed at strengthening the country’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector.

Bushbuckridge, a local municipality in the north eastern part of the Mpumalanga Province in South Africa, within the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, is exploring ways to turn waste into opportunity through a community-driven waste beneficiation initiative.

The Violence Prevention for Peaceful and Inclusive Communities Programme recently partnered with the Department of Basic Education, the Department of Women Youth and Persons with Disabilities, GBVF Response Fund1 and UNICEF to support the G20 Ministerial Dialogue on Positive Masculinity held on the 30 October 2025 in Johannesburg.

Building on the success of its inaugural edition, the African Biotrade Festival (ABF) in collaboration with the Organic & Natural Products Expo, returned for its second year at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, 18-20 September 2025, bringing together entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, researchers, and communities to unlock opportunities in Africa’s growing biodiversity economy.

The Natural Resources Stewardship Programme (NatuReS) is spearheading efforts to establish a Stewardship Multi-Stakeholder Partnership (SMSP) approach as an instrument for consensus-building processes for Just Transition in selected economic zones with extreme resource use pressure in South Africa.

As part of ongoing efforts to strengthen water stewardship in the uMhlathuze Catchment, the GIZ NatuReS team recently participated in a stakeholder field visit.