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  • Aptitute for Learning-by-doing campaign started

    May, 17th 2021

    To make sure that the EcoSUN green Village will work properly in the long term an important issue is education, and training for people in the community of Ekuphumleni. read more

  • Briefing the MEC for Human Settlements in the Eastern Cape

    March, 4th 2020

    Briefing the MEC for Human Settlements in the Eastern Cape, Honourable Ms Nonkqubela Pieters MPL, and The Executive Mayor of Ndlambe Municipality Cllr Ms Khululwa Ncamiso, regarding the Germany-South Africa scientific cooperation, technology-transfer, innovationdriven, trans-disciplinary Ndlambe EcoSUN Green Village demonstration project, on November 27, 2019 read more

  • Briefing of The South African Ambassador to Germany, H.E. Sizani on the EcoSUN project status

    March, 3rd 2020

    H.E. Ambassador Sizani, together with The Minister Plenipotentiary Cassimjee, and Ms Natasha Maharaj, First Secretary Political Issues of the Embassy, kindly welcomed a delegation of the EcoSUN project team and Prof Mbanga of Nelson Mandela University during his visit to Germany in July, 2019. read more

  • Vocational Advancement Service of the Construction Industry Berlin Brandenburg (BFW BB) is now partner of the EcoSUN Green Village project

    March, 2nd 2020

    BFW BB is an institution that deals with education of workforce for the building industry in Germany based on the German vocational training model known as Dual Education. This means a combined 50/50 theoretical education and practical work in a specialized company over a period of 2 to 3 years depending on the profession. read more

  • EcoSUN Green Village team contributed to the Conference on Sustainable urbanization through research, innovations and partnerships, held on May 6, 2019, at SUSAF Satellite Symposium in Port Elizabeth.

    June, 13th 2019

    The EcoSUN team recently published a paper titled A definition and application of a community based and user-oriented innovation and sustainability model to achieve smart and green human settlements within the context of South African rural communities: The case study of Ekuphumleni EcoSun Green Village project. read more

  • Africa Strategy of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

    November, 19th 2018

    Creating prospects for EcoSUN through Education and Training read more

  • 3rd Steering Committee meeting in Ekuphumleni, November 9, 2017

    January, 18th 2018

    With the goal of guaranteeing that the EcoSUN Sustainable Village project will achieve their targets in the time frame given by the German BMBF and DST a Steering Committee (SC) has been established in 2016 to supervise project achievements. read more

  • Press Release "Sustainably designing South African residential areas "

    July, 18th 2016

    In the rural, structurally-weak regions of developing and emerging countries, most settlements are not sustainably managed – neither in terms of water nor energy. In order to change this, a team of scientists and companies are conducting research on new technologies and concepts in South Africa. read more